Author: HRWatchdog

I have an employee who is a volunteer firefighter. In the last few years, with the increase in California wildfires, he has been taking more…

The California Chamber of Commerce has released its annual Affordability Agenda, highlighting legislation that will either help businesses and consumers by cutting costs or will drive…

In California, managing a workforce and making personnel decisions can be a complex task that, if not done with care and due diligence, full of…

In California, employees have the right to take protected leaves of absence under a complex web of leave laws. From medical and family leaves to…

Regularly, our members have questions about California’s Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families (HWHF) Act — better known as the mandatory paid sick leave law — including…

As wearable technology moves from wrists and pockets to glasses, jewelry and even clothing, California employers are confronting a new set of workplace questions —…

As employers add artificial intelligence (AI) tools to increase workplace productivity, they should be careful because these tools, if used without proper oversight and safeguards,…

As California employers settle into 2026, it’s a good time to shift focus from learning new laws to putting them into practice. A tool that…

One of our employees is on family medical leave. The employee’s manager has a question he wants to ask the employee about a work-related matter….

We understand that employees must be provided a day of rest unless the employee wants to work a seventh day. We would like to offer…