Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California law, employers must engage in an “interactive process” with employees who need an accommodation at work, in order to determine if an accommodation is available. While employers are ...
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Updates
Devastating Wage Hour Lawsuits and Class Actions: Five Tips to Avoid Them
Healthcare and other aging services employers in California have been hit with a barrage of employee wage hour lawsuits in the last few years. Many good companies (large and small), caught off guard by technical labor law violations, have paid out ...
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Employee Handbook – Spot Check Compliance
An employee handbook is critical to the well-run workplace, but it loses value without follow-up. Employers need to take a hand in ensuring that policies are implemented correctly. Asking supervisors may always not suffice. Managers should:
Make ...
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Uber’s Arbitration Woes – Lessons for California Employers
Uber has transformed the transportation industry - offering reliable and economic trips with the tap of a smart phone. In part, its success is due to its arms-length relationship with drivers, who remain self-employed while securing customers from ...
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Arbitration Agreements: A Meaningful Advantage to Employers?
Employment litigation is big business in California. Tens of thousands of claims are filed against employers in this state each year. Regardless of political developments on the local, state or national front, this landscape will not change. ...
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Podcast: Five Things Employers Should Know About Arbitration
California is not a friendly place for employers, and it is not a matter of whether an employer will be forced to deal with an employee claim, it is a matter of when. That makes it important for employers to understand some key points about ...
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Court Decisions in 2016: Deadlines Matter When Opposing an Assessment of Withdrawal Liability
Employers with a unionized workforce typically contribute to a multiemployer pension plan – most of which are seriously underfunded today. When the employer ceases operations, an underfunded pension plan will typically notify the employer that it is ...
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Prevailing Wage Required for Certain Private, Non-Profit Hospital Construction and Ready-Mixed Concrete Hauling in ’16
California law has long required employers to pay the prevailing wage rate during the construction, alteration, demolition, installation or repair of public facilities and on private projects receiving public funds. However, private nonprofit ...
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