Author: HRWatchdog

Register Now for California Meal and Rest Break Rules Webinar
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Posted in Meal and Rest Break

Register Now for California Meal and Rest Break Rules Webinar

Can employees working shifts of six hours or less sign written prospective (or “blanket”) meal waivers? Since employees don’t clock out for rest breaks, how…

Workplace Violence Prevention Obligations
1900
Posted in General Workplace Safety

Employers, Don’t Overlook Your Annual Workplace Violence Prevention Obligations

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Labor and Employment General Counsel Bianca Saad and CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts discuss what employers…

Level Up Your HR Skills at HR Boot Camp
2019
Posted in General

Level Up Your HR Skills at HR Boot Camp

Can you let a new employee start working while their drug test or background check is pending? Do you know when meal break premiums are…

Furloughs, Layoffs, Reducing Work Hours During Economic Uncertainty
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Posted in Termination

Furloughs, Layoffs, Reducing Work Hours During Economic Uncertainty

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts, Senior Employment Law Counsel Erika Barbara and Employment Law Subject Matter Expert…

How Privacy Agency’s Proposed AI Regulations Would Affect California Businesses
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Posted in Discrimination Hiring Performance

How Privacy Agency’s Proposed AI Regulations Would Affect California Businesses

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts, Covington & Burling LLP Partner Lindsey Tonsager and Covington & Burling LLP…

Understanding, Managing Leaves of Absence Seminar
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Posted in Time Off

Understanding, Managing Leaves of Absence Seminar

For the third consecutive year, employees’ leave of absence requests continue to increase, according to AbsenceSoft’s 2025 State of Leave and Accommodations Report, with injury…

Paycheck Direct Deposit: Offer, But Don’t Mandate
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Posted in Compensation Wage and Hour

Paycheck Direct Deposit: Offer, But Don’t Mandate

In 2025, we would like to pay all our employees by direct deposit. We have a couple of employees who do not have direct deposit,…

Affordability Agenda
1909
Posted in Wage and Hour Workplace Policies

Bill Undermining PAGA Reform to Be Considered by Senate Committee Today

Legislation opposed by the California Chamber of Commerce and a large coalition as a Cost Driver that undermines a painstaking negotiation by business and labor to reach a historic…

Tiny Religious Figurines, Disciplining Rude Supervisors and More Recent Labor Law Helpline Questions
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Posted in Compensation Discipline Discrimination Harassment

Tiny Religious Figurines, Disciplining Rude Supervisors and More Recent Labor Law Helpline Questions

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts, Senior Employment Law Counsel Erika Barbara and Employment Law Subject Matter Expert…

Common Mistakes to Avoid With California’s Pregnancy Disability Leave
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Posted in Pregnancy Disability Leave

Common Mistakes to Avoid With California’s Pregnancy Disability Leave

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and Senior Employment Law Counsel Erika Barbara cover common mistakes employers encounter…