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

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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
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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
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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
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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)…

Report Concludes AB 566 Threatens California’s Economy, Consumers, Small Businesses
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Posted in Privacy

Report Concludes AB 566 Threatens California’s Economy, Consumers, Small Businesses

A recent report by Capitol Matrix Consulting, commissioned by the California Chamber of Commerce, concludes that Assembly Bill 566 (AB 566) poses a significant threat…

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Posted in Exempt/Nonexempt Paid Sick Leave

California Court Clarifies Paid Sick Leave Calculation for Outside Sales Employees

A recent California Court of Appeal decision clarifies how employers may calculate paid sick leave for exempt outside salespersons under California’s Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families…

Pending Automated Decision-Making Systems (ADS) Legislation, Regulations
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Posted in Discrimination Hiring Workplace Policies

Pending Automated Decision-Making Systems (ADS) Legislation, Regulations

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber General Counsel, Labor and Employment Bianca Saad and CalChamber Senior Policy Advocate Ashley Hoffman discuss recent California regulations…

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Posted in Discrimination Harassment Training

Conduct Workplace Investigations with Confidence

An employee has made a complaint, alleging that a manager has continually asked her out after work and is now retaliating against her for rebuffing…