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Cook Brown / November 10, 2016

California Prop 64: What Does it Mean to Employers?

On November 8th, Californians passed Prop 64, making it lawful for persons 21 years of age and older to possess, obtain, transport, smoke, and ingest marijuana and marijuana products under certain specific circumstances. But employers should rest ...
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Filed Under: Personnel Policies

Barbara A. Cotter, Partner / November 1, 2016

Pay Stub Data Reporting of Accrued Vacation

California’s hodge-podge of overlapping and confusing wage and hour laws forces employers to guess whether their pay practices are lawful. This is particularly true with respect to the preparation of pay stubs. Each year, pay stub law evolves and ...
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Filed Under: Hiring, Firing, and Layoffs, Wage and Hour

Carrie E. Bushman / September 29, 2016

Governor Brown Signs Bill Requiring Contractors to Pay Apprentices for Pre-Employment Processes

Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law AB 1926, which amends Labor Code section 1777.5 to require contractors who request the dispatch of an apprentice to work on a public works project and require the apprentice to "fill out an application or ...
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Filed Under: Labor Relations, Prevailing Wage

Barbara A. Cotter, Partner / September 1, 2016

EEOC’s New Policy Provides Concrete Tips for Avoiding Retaliation Claims

In 2016, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its enforcement policies concerning retaliation. According to the EEOC, employees who complain about discrimination or who participate in proceedings designed to combat ...
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Filed Under: Hiring, Firing, and Layoffs

Terry Wills / August 18, 2016

Travel Time Pay and Exempt Status Determinations Can Be Challenging: What Can We Learn from Recent Class Action Filings?

Small and midsize companies with limited resources are understandably challenged to comply with the complexities of wage and hour law. But what about large corporations with layers of HR and other specialists to help management toe the line or the ...
[Read more] about Travel Time Pay and Exempt Status Determinations Can Be Challenging: What Can We Learn from Recent Class Action Filings?

Filed Under: Wage and Hour

Lisa V. Ryan / August 17, 2016

Podcast: Three Reasons Employers are More Likely to Be Sued in California than Employers in Other States

Employers doing business in the Golden State are confronted with more legal challenges from their employees than are those in just about any other state.  The goal of this podcast is to give you an overall heads-up on the most common legal ...
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Filed Under: Wage and Hour

Barbara A. Cotter, Partner / August 15, 2016

Wrongful Termination Claims: Be Prepared

According to the federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission’s annual report, wrongful termination was again last year the claim most frequently filed by employees against their employer. Terminated employees suing once dismissed has become an ...
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Filed Under: Hiring, Firing, and Layoffs

Lisa V. Ryan / August 15, 2016

Rest Break Law Class Actions, California: It Won’t Get Easier

This article was coauthored with Bianca M. Rodriquez, J.D. Candidate, Class of 2018, U.C. Davis School of Law Meal and rest break law class action suits by employees continue to plague California employers, despite the best efforts or well-meaning ...
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Filed Under: Wage and Hour

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