Seyfarth Synopsis: California has long prohibited sexual harassment in various types of relationships, including employment relationships, and in other professional and business relationships which have elements of power...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: California Labor Code § 221 states it is “unlawful for any employer to collect or receive from an employee any part of wages … paid … to said employee.” In other words, employers cannot just take money back...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Workplace violence is no laughing matter. Although California law arms employers with strict laws to prevent workplace violence, no one wants to find themselves petitioning a court for emergency injunctive...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: New Year’s resolutions typically address health and well-being. Many among us have resolved this year to get off the couch, to sweat a bit more often to the “oldies,” to meditate and be mindful, and to eat...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Just when you thought it was safe to relax for the summer, California is giving employers four new reasons to keep on their toes. Laws going into effect on July 1, 2017, will address (1) domestic violence,...more
6/30/2017
/ Ban the Box ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Domestic Violence ,
FEHC ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Local Ordinance ,
Minimum Wage ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State Labor Laws ,
Transgender ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers in California: be aware and prepare for new laws increasing minimum wages and mandating overtime pay for agricultural employees; expanding the California Fair Pay Act to race and ethnicity and to...more
10/4/2016
/ Age Discrimination ,
Agricultural Workers ,
Background Checks ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Domestic Violence ,
DUI ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Equal Pay ,
Fair Pay Act ,
FEHA ,
Forum Selection ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Janitorial Services ,
Juror ,
Leave of Absence ,
Lyft ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Parental Leave ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Popular ,
Property Service Workers ,
Restroom Legislation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sharing Economy ,
State and Local Government ,
Talent Services Act ,
Transportation Industry ,
Uber ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Statements ,
Wage Theft ,
Workplace Safety
Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 29, 2016, the OMB approved the EEOC’s revisions to the EEO-1 report. Beginning in 2018, employers with 100+ employees will be required to annually report pay and hours data to the EEOC for its...more
9/30/2016
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OFCCP ,
OMB ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Payroll Records ,
Reporting Requirements ,
W-2 ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Is the glass half full (of perks) or half empty (with liabilities) for employers who serve alcohol in the workplace? Various California laws implicate the practice of providing alcohol for employees at...more
With the dust from Super Bowl and fantasy football pools barely settled, many employees throughout the Golden State will soon turn to their March Madness brackets. With all the chances to bet on sporting events, on the due...more
Monday, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 897, a “clean up” bill he requested to address an omission in AB 359, which Governor Brown had signed into law on August 17, 2015. This legislation, effective January 1, 2016,...more
9/23/2015
/ Background Checks ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Compliance ,
Employee Retention ,
Grocery Stores ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Involuntary Reduction in Force ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act