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New Year, New Laws: California Employment Law Updates for 2025

It’s that time of year again—California employers need to prepare for a raft of new laws that become effective in the new year.  Below is a brief overview of some of those laws and how employers should prepare for them.  All...more

Practical Policies for Politics: Some Guidelines for Managing Political Conflict in the Workplace

Political conflicts in the workplace will only grow as we near election day, and this means human resources professionals and in house counsel need to hone their conflict resolution skills.  Resolving political conflict in...more

(Employee) Therapy Anyone?

The recent WSJ article about employer-provided in-office therapy sessions raises some good points about destigmatizing mental health in the workplace and promoting overall wellness generally. But the article also reminds us...more

A New Chapter in California’s Ongoing PAGA is Lava Saga: PAGA Reform

Aggrieved employee is any person who was employed by the alleged violator and against whom one or more of the alleged violations was committed. An “aggrieved employee” is any person who was employed by the alleged violator...more

A New Dawn (Maybe) for California Employers: State and Business Groups Strike Deal on PAGA Reform

On June 18, 2024, Governor Newsom, in collaboration with legislative leaders, unveiled a landmark agreement to reform the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). The agreement comes before California voters could weigh in on...more

California Employers: the July 1, 2024 California Violence Prevention Deadline is Quickly Approaching – Do You Know What Your...

A gentle reminder for California employers: the clock is ticking on your obligations to prepare a workplace violence prevention plan and conduct a training session on that plan under California’s new violence prevention plan...more

Has ESG Turned the Boardroom into an Escape Room?

For those of you who have never participated in an escape room, it is a real-life game that confines a group of people (usually friends, co-workers or even family, for the adventurous types) to a room. The group then...more

Will the FTC's Non-Compete Proposal Pick Investors' Pockets?

My colleagues published an important piece recently about the potential impact that the FTC's proposed non-compete ban might have on M&A transactions and private equity investments. The upshot of this piece, which should be...more

Expecting the Unexpected

April showered us with quite a few unexpected and impactful legal developments in the workplace. Two Federal agencies released proposed rules that potentially impact nearly every American workplace (new salary threshold...more

Office of the Level Playing Field

The recent New York Times piece about the efforts of some organizations to “rebrand” Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives to avoid ensnaring those programs in some recent state statutory training bans is a...more

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About California’s Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (But Were Afraid to Ask) - Answers to...

Beginning July 1, 2024, a new California law (SB 553) will require most California employers to establish workplace violence prevention plans.  We answer 10 frequently asked questions about the new law below....more

Don't Crowdsource a Canning

This week's controversy regarding the termination of former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel from her broadcasting position before she started work raises many issues concerning politics in the workplace...more

SEC Approves Sweeping New Climate Disclosure Rule: Key Takeaways

The Securities & Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued its long-awaited final rule concerning climate disclosures, entitled “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” (“Climate Disclosure...more

Clueless in the Cubicle

The Journal's recent piece about managing employees with misperceptions about their employment self-worth reminds us once again why honest and timely performance feedback makes good business sense. I have written before about...more

Moonlighting in the Age of Employee Entitlement

No, this piece isn't about the 80s comedy-drama featuring a detective dynamic duo's snappy dialogue. This moonlighting refers to an employee working an extra job or two while simultaneously holding down a full-time job,...more

ESG Political Partisanship: Guidance for In House Counsel

ESG is today’s political football. As Americans take sides and root for their home teams, companies find themselves at the crux of a battlefield that pitches corporate values, strategy, and reputation against a shifting and...more

An Employee's Luxury of Thought

The recent Wall Street Journal piece about giving employees the time and space to think raises some good points about creativity and problem-solving and why speed doesn't always matter when it comes to productivity. While I...more

Merit, Unmasked

The ESG-DEI discussion continues to elicit shareholder interest, at least according to a recent report from The Conference Board about the upcoming proxy season. The report focuses on the political bent underpinning some...more

Is ESG the Eighth Dirty Word?

Today's WSJ article labels ESG as the latest dirty word in corporate America. Setting aside that ESG is an acronym (Environmental, Social, Governance), and not a word, it seems a bit hyperbolic to cast the entire movement...more

Can AI Provide the Magic Medicine for Corporate Cutting?

Spotify announced this week, through a very public memo to its employees, its plan to layoff about 17% of its workforce. In so doing, Spotify joins a number of other technology companies that have recently announced...more

New Year, New Laws: California Employment Law Updates for 2024

California employers need to be prepared for new laws that become effective starting in the new year. Below is a brief overview of those laws (including the collection of diversity for venture capital companies, an amendment...more

Target Strikes Back at Shareholder's (Reverse) Social Justice Suit

We recently posted about the investor who sued Target Corporation for securities laws violations arising from Target's alleged failure to warn investors about the risks associated with rolling out its 2023 Pride Collection...more

Nasdaq’s “Show and Tell” Diversity Disclosure Survives Initial Challenge

The Fifth Circuit has rejected the challenge to Nasdaq’s “show and tell” diversity rule that requires Nasdaq companies to publicly disclose the makeup of their boards. In Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment, National Center...more

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