As the country slowly begins to open back up following the COVID-19 lockdown measures, employers should not expect an immediate return to normalcy, and may need to gradually return employees…
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**UPDATE** These rules have been amended. See this post for the latest updates. In the first two weeks of April 2020, San Francisco and San Jose joined the growing list…
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This e-Bulletin from the California Lawyers Association was prepared by William Ross, of counsel to Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP. Mr. Ross is a member and past co-chair of the Corporations Committee of…
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Must 100% of Service Charges Be Distributed to Service Employees? A June 27, 2019 California appellate court decision, O’Grady v. Merchant Exchange Productions, Inc., which recently was certified for publication,…
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TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS OF 2018 IN EMPLOYMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION LAW: NUMBER 9 – EMPLOYER ROUNDING POLICIES ARE LEGAL One of the year’s most important wage and hour decisions involved…
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Top 10 Developments of 2018 in Employment and Higher Education Law: NUMBER 10 – HIGHER ED ROUNDUP 2018 was a year full of legislative action at the federal level. In…
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September is the most common birth month in the United States, making August a common time for HR professionals to be preparing for maternity leaves and other issues surrounding pregnant…
Read More ›As most employers are undoubtedly aware, April’s dynamite Dynamex decision blew up the definition of “employer” for purposes of determining independent contractor status. The California Supreme Court utilized the newly…
Read More ›Can a religious preference belief ever support a defense to anti-discrimination laws? That was the question the U.S. Supreme Court faced and avoided in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil…
Read More ›Under a number of California and federal laws, employers are legally required to maintain certain employment-related records for a fixed period of time. Changes in the past few years have…
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