Stopped: New Employer Penalty, Burdensome Changes to Claims Process
566
Posted in Compensation Wage and Hour

Stopped: New Employer Penalty, Burdensome Changes to Claims Process

A CalChamber-led coalition of business groups, including local chambers of commerce, has stopped a Cost Driver bill that would have exposed employers to a new 30 percent penalty…

Increase Your Confidence Disciplining, Terminating California Employees
1244
Posted in Discipline Termination

Increase Your Confidence Disciplining, Terminating California Employees

Can I terminate an employee who is “not a good fit” in their first few weeks? What information should be in a disciplinary warning? What…

‘Misconduct’ Not Automatic Cause for Denying Unemployment Benefits
1507
Posted in Termination

‘Misconduct’ Not Automatic Cause for Denying Unemployment Benefits

We terminated an employee, and she has filed a claim for unemployment benefits. We want to fight her claim because she was fired for falsifying…

CalChamber Weighs in on Cal/OSHA Processes
1090
Posted in Workplace Safety

CalChamber Weighs in on Cal/OSHA Processes

A joint hearing of several legislative committees last week on the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) processes provided an opportunity for the…

California Supreme Court Clarifies Good-Faith Defense to Unpaid Wage Claims
1548
Posted in Compensation Minimum Wage

California Supreme Court Clarifies Good-Faith Defense to Unpaid Wage Claims

Typically, employees who prove minimum wage violations are entitled to liquidated damages. Recently though, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion clarifying employers’ good-faith defense…

Ninth Circuit Validates Employers’ Piece-Rate Compensation Plan
1315
Posted in Compensation

Ninth Circuit Validates Employers’ Piece-Rate Compensation Plan

California law imposes special conditions on employers who choose to compensate employees on a “piece-rate” or per task basis. For example, these employees must receive…

823
Posted in Arbitration

State High Court Rules on Arbitration Fee Payments

Earlier this month, the California Supreme Court decided a case that determines whether federal law preempts a California law enacted in 2019 that regulates when…

Daily Overtime Premium Pay Depends on Workday Definition
2896
Posted in Overtime

Daily Overtime Premium Pay Depends on Workday Definition

Last week, my company (which operates 24 hours a day) had several employees call out sick at the last minute. As a result, we had…

DOJ Issues DEI Compliance Guidance
1622
Posted in Discrimination

DOJ Issues DEI Compliance Guidance

Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a memorandum to all federal agencies providing guidance for federal-funding recipients on applying federal antidiscrimination laws to…

Ministerial Exception Applied to Religious Employer’s Customer Services Representatives
1627
Posted in Discrimination

Ministerial Exception Applied to Religious Employer’s Customer Services Representatives

Recently, the Ninth Circuit took a broad view of the First Amendment’s protection of religious organizations, concluding that a religious employer’s customer service representatives (CSR)…