2014 If, as expected, Governor Brown signs into law the “Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014”, employers in...

2014 Last week the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed the “Right to Control” Test as the predominant

2014 California Labor Code Section 432.7 has long provided that employers are forbidden from asking job applicants to disclose...

2014 In Cochran v. Schwan’s Home Service, Inc., the California Court of Appeal ruled unequivocally that an employer must cover...

On October 13, 2013, Governor Brown signed several bills amending prevailing wage statutes. The bill that may have the most...

2013 On July 31, 2013, the California Court of Appeal placed employers on notice that they better control holiday party drinking. In

2013 Prior to the enactment of Senate Bill 462, California law (Labor Code §218.5) required a court to award attorneys’ fees and

In 2011, a California appellate decision (Kelley v. Conoco Companies) called into question a key element of proof required in sexual

2011 The Carrot Recently the IRS rolled out a new, voluntary worker classification settlement program. Employers will have an...

In Salas v. Sierra Chemical Co, _____Cal.App.4th ___ (3d Appellate District, 2010) an employee sued a former employer for...