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Attention California Employers: The long-awaited California Supreme Court case, Alvarado v. Dart Container Corp., (2018) LEXIS 1123, was released today.  This case resolved the issue of how [...]

Update – Eye on the Legislature The California Legislature passed the following employment-related bills and has sent them to the Governor for his signature.  The Governor has until October [...]

New Notice Posting and Leave for Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Or Stalking Beginning July 1, 2017, all employers must provide to new employees and to any employee who requests it, notice [...]

As I stated in my “Ban-the-Box” presentation on March 15, 2017, the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) had until March 27, 2017 to approve or disapprove new Fair Employment and Housing [...]

The California legislative session for 2017 is in full swing.  A significant number of employment bills have been introduced, including the following: AB 1008 – Prohibits employers from inquiring [...]

Happy New Year!  With all the Holiday festivities and cheer behind us, it is now my duty to revamp stress levels back to their original unhealthy elevated heights.  In the midst of egg nog [...]

The following bills were passed by the California Legislature and are on Governor Brown’s desk waiting for either his signature or veto.  He has until September 30, 2016, to sign or veto each [...]

De minimis non curat lex.  It just rolls off the tongue, right?  In Latin it means, the law does not concern itself with trifles.  It is often applied as a defense doctrine under the federal Fair [...]

Interns:  When and How to Use Them Even though an employer and an “intern” may agree to, or think that they have a valid unpaid intern/trainee relationship in the workplace, if certain factors [...]

In 2015, over 930 Bills traversed the space between Governor Brown’s brown desk in the hopes of receiving his John Hancock.  Of them, over 800 bills were signed into law.  Thankfully, only [...]