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Guest Post: Holiday Parties: How Businesses Can Avoid Sexual Harassment Lawsuits
Jessica Hawthorne, an employment attorney with the California Chamber of Commerce, has some good suggestions regarding holiday parties and preventing sexual harassment lawsuits. As holiday decorations… more →
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Guest Post: Holiday Parties: How Businesses Can Avoid Sexual Harassment Lawsuits
Phil wrote 12 months ago: Jessica Hawthorne, an employment attorney with the California Chamber of Commerce, has some good sug … more →
2009 IRS Mileage Reimbursement Rate: 55 Cents
Phil wrote 12 months ago: Effective Jan. 1, 2009, the standard mileage reimbursement rates for car be reduced from the current … more →
Do You Have to Pay Exempt Employees if the Office is Closed for a Week?
Phil wrote 1 year ago: Jennifer asks: My employer just announced today that they will be closing the office the week of Tha … more →
Brinkley, not Brinker - Another Meal Break Case
Phil wrote 1 year ago: Another appellate court decision was issued today regarding whether an employer is obligated to ensu … more →
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Phil wrote 1 year ago: I didn’t come up with the title … Congress did. In 1945 Congress enacted a new law decl … more →
10-4 Presentation on 9/25
Phil wrote 1 year ago: Our office is teaming up with Dan Powers (COO of McEwan & Associates) and Meriwest Credit Union … more →
Employers Do NOT Need to Force Employees to Take Breaks
Phil wrote 1 year ago: For the first time, a California appellate court has held that employers do not need to force their … more →
Arbitrator Not Allowed To Determine Validity of Arbitration Agreement
Phil wrote 1 year ago: Another California Appellate Court recently held that the court, not the arbitrator, can determine w … more →
Can Employers Recover “Training Costs” From Employees?
Phil wrote 1 year ago: In a recent decision by the First Appellate District in California, a court of appeals concluded tha … more →
Living Wage Ordinance Also Applies to Out-of-City Employees
Phil wrote 1 year ago: In June 2008, the First District Court of Appeals held that employees are entitled to the protection … more →
Slow Posting Lately
Phil wrote 1 year ago: I apologize to everyone who has been waiting for new posts to our blog. We recently received a lot o … more →
IRS Pushes Independent Contractor/Employee Issue
Phil wrote 1 year ago: The IRS appears to be taking stronger steps toward ensuring employees are not misclassified as indep … more →
DOL Issues New FLSA Opinion Letters
Phil wrote 1 year ago: A couple of times each year the Department of Labor issues opinion letters interpreting statutes and … more →
$5 Million Overtime Claim Filed by Labor Commissioner
Phil wrote 1 year ago: On December 19, 2007 the California Labor Commissioner filed an action against Excell Cleaning & … more →
Was It Sexual Harassment?
Phil wrote 1 year ago: I present to you the following facts: A board member asks the executive director of a non-profit age … more →
Supreme Court to Hear Administrative Exemption Case
Phil wrote 1 year ago: Earlier this year a California Court of Appeal reaffirmed that insurance claims adjusters not exempt … more →
New I-9 Form Issues
Phil wrote 2 years ago: You may recall that the federal government previously indicated that certain forms of identification … more →
California Employers Must Allow Leave For Spouses of Armed Forces
Phil wrote 2 years ago: On October 9, 2007, the “Governorator” signed AB 392 (introduced by Ted Lieu, D-Torrance … more →
Broad Non-Solicitation Clause is Unenforceable
Phil wrote 2 years ago: The California Appellate Court decision in VL Systems, Inc. v. Unisen applied Business and Professio … more →
