The New Year will bring significant changes to the local employment laws affecting Silicon Valley-area employers, with measures aimed at reducing the expansion of the part-time workforce and increasing the minimum wage....more
12/9/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Employee Benefits ,
Exemptions ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Local Ordinance ,
Minimum Wage ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Silicon Valley ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages
Next week, Americans will head to the polls to elect their 45th President. Across the nation, voters will also fill 469 congressional seats, including 435 in the House and 34 in the Senate. While these federal races tend to...more
11/1/2016
/ Ballot Measures ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
Right to Work ,
Sick Leave ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
Although the California Legislature sent Governor Jerry Brown bills on bed bugs, powdered alcohol, and making denim the official state fabric, the laws enacted in 2016 affecting the state’s private-sector employers were...more
10/4/2016
/ Agricultural Workers ,
Apprenticeships ,
Arbitration ,
Cell Phones ,
Child Care ,
Child Labor ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Citizenship ,
Commuting ,
Criminal Records ,
DFEH ,
Discrimination ,
Domestic Violence ,
Domestic Workers ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Contractors ,
Forum Selection ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Healthcare ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Janitorial Services ,
Juveniles ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Minimum Wage ,
Mobile Devices ,
New Legislation ,
Notification Requirements ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Popular ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Property Service Workers ,
Residential Care Facilities ,
Restroom Legislation ,
Retirement ,
Sexual Assault ,
Smoking Bans ,
Solid Waste ,
Stalking ,
Telecommunications ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety