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Employment Law

16 new state laws California employers need to know about

11/28/2016
A list of the most significant laws affecting private sector employers in California.

It’s up to you to prove worker signed contract

11/28/2016
It’s not enough to show the agreements were on an application or in the handbook and that the company policy required them to be signed.

Appeals court ruling: USERRA claims can go to arbitration

11/28/2016
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that service members in the armed forces seeking to enforce the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act can be compelled to arbitrate rather than litigate in federal court if they signed an arbitration agreement.

Don’t bury arbitration in your handbook–disclaimer could compromise agreement

11/28/2016
Don’t bury an arbitration agreement in an employee handbook that includes a disclaimer stating that the handbook is not a contract.

New overtime rules blocked, won’t take effect on Dec. 1

11/27/2016

An injunction throws into confusion months of employer planning to implement the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules.

Injury doesn’t necessarily mean employee is disabled

11/23/2016
Sometimes, employees misunderstand what it means to be disabled under the ADA and state disability laws.

Tell supervisors: No ethnic slurs allowed, ever

11/23/2016
If there is one thing that is never appropriate in the workplace, it is racial and ethnic slurs.

CBO judges effect of overtime rule reversal

11/23/2016
The Congressional Budget Office is making the argument that employees who thought they were about to become eligible for overtime pay on Dec. 1 will ultimately be better off without it.

Court scraps NLRB ‘persuader’ rule

11/22/2016
The National Labor Relations Board’s controversial “persuader” rule died quietly Nov. 16.

DOL auditor on the way? Here’s what to do

11/17/2016
Once you’ve been notified that an auditor is coming, get prepared by conducting your own audit.