California’s new Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL) regulations issued in December 2012 had sweeping implications for employers trying to maneuver their way through the various leave issues presented by employees seeking time off due to pregnancy or ...
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Updates
NLRB Rulings Impose Limits on Non-Union Workplaces
Many employers mistakenly believe that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act) and its enforcing arm, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), are only relevant to unionized workplaces. However, in an apparent effort to assert their ...
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California Law on Commission Payments – Make it Official and Make it Clear
Paying employees on a commission basis is a common practice for retail, manufacturing and service industries employers. Until several years ago, California employers were free to make commission arrangements with employees by letter, verbally, or ...
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Reporting Time and Split Shift Premiums
The minimum wages, maximum hours, and working conditions of virtually all employees are regulated by a series of Wage Orders adopted by the Industrial Welfare Commission. Although many of these Wage Orders have been in effect for decades, until now, ...
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Public Sector Employee Disputes: Law Mandates Fact-Finding
California’s local public agency employers are grappling with new legislation that became effective January 1, 2012, which has broad implications in dealing with employee organizations. Governor Brown signed into law AB 646 (Stats. 2011, Ch. 680) ...
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Sex Harassment Training: How to Get the Message Across
By now, most employers understand that if they operate a business in California and have fifty or more employees, they are required under state law to provide two hours of sex harassment training to supervisors in California every two years. The law ...
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ADA Reasonable Accommodation and Light Duty: Don’t Forget California FEHA
A 2011 decision out of California’s Second Appellate District Court further complicated the difficult analysis regarding when an employee is entitled to light duty as a reasonable accommodation under California disability laws. In Cuiellette v. City ...
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Terminating an Employee: Paying for a Termination Meeting
When terminating an employee or effectuating, a separation many businesses choose to do so during a “termination meeting.” While the best practice is to conduct such a meeting at the end of an employee’s work day or work week, an employee on a leave ...
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