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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Updates
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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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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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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