Increase Your Confidence Disciplining, Terminating California Employees
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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
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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
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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
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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…