California’s Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (“PAGA”) allows employees to act as an “agent” of the State of California and recover civil penalties for violations of the Labor Code through a civil action filed on behalf...more
4/6/2023
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Arbitration Agreements ,
California ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Labor Code ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
SCOTUS ,
State Labor Laws ,
Viking River Cruises Inc v Moriana ,
Wage and Hour
Hoping to clarify when entities should be treated as “joint employers” under the FLSA, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently announced its intent to revise its so-called “joint employer” regulations under the Fair Labor...more
4/16/2019
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Covered Employer ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Franchise Agreements ,
Franchisee ,
Joint Employers ,
Minimum Wage ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Over-Time ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Subcontractors ,
Temporary Employees ,
Wage and Hour
The recent passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (“H.R. 1625”), an 878-page omnibus spending bill, significantly changes the rules for tip pooling under the Fair Labor Standards Act (the “FLSA”). While the...more
4/11/2018
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Liquidated Damages ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Rules ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Tip Credit ,
Tip-Pooling ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour
Late Sunday afternoon, Governor Brown vetoed a proposal to impose a controversial new mandate for large California employers to collect and publicly report data about the salaries of male and female employees and board...more
10/19/2017
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Freedom of Religion ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Pay Gap ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Reproductive Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
The deadline for California Governor Jerry Brown to sign new bills into law officially expired October 15, 2017. In addition to signing five bills last week, the Governor signed three more employment-related bills into law...more
10/18/2017
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Ban the Box ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Conditional Job Offers ,
Contractors ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Training ,
Federal Contractors ,
FEHA ,
Gender Identity ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Joint Liability ,
Legislative Agendas ,
LGBTQ ,
New Legislation ,
Public Works ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour
The 2017 California Legislature adjourned on September 15, 2017, and resulted in more than 700 bills being sent to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk for approval. Although the deadline for the Governor to sign new bills into law...more
10/16/2017
/ Agricultural Sector ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
Equal Pay ,
Farm Workers ,
Farms ,
Form I-9 ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Parental Leave ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sanctuary Cities ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour
Over the past few years, one of the biggest trends in employment law has been the proliferation of local ordinances imposing workplace standards beyond those mandated by state and federal laws. While many state governments...more
8/29/2017
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Day of Rest Laws ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Local Ordinance ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Popular ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules