Author: HRWatchdog

As we move into the latter half of 2022, California employment law continues to move along — and employers should make sure they’re complying with…

While most business operations seemed to slow down during the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows that one industry did not: plaintiff’s firms filing lawsuits. Private…

Since the pandemic, my company has been allowing employees to work from home. Without informing our human resources department, several of these employees have moved…

I am planning to audit our completed Forms I-9. What do I do if I find errors? Good for you! It is a best practice…

Can California employers require employees to submit written notification/disclosure that they have a second job? California is very protective of employees who engage in “lawful…

Did you know that due to the 2021 California Family Rights Act (CFRA) expansion, employers with five or more employees may now have to provide…

Unbeknownst to some, California law doesn’t require employers to have an employee handbook. But the benefits of creating and maintaining an employee handbook are many…

Late during the shift one afternoon, I discovered one of the employees had been stealing from the company. I immediately sent him home. When he…

My company has a holiday policy that simply lists the holidays that the company observes, but it doesn’t state how much people get paid for…

I have an employee who was injured at work, and his doctor put him on leave for the next three months. The employee filed for…