In Equal Pay Push, EEOC to Collect Pay Data From Employers -
Why it matters -
On the anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, President Barack Obama announced that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more
2/10/2016
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
FEHA ,
Joint Employers ,
Lyft ,
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) ,
Misclassification ,
New Guidance ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Piece-Rate Pay ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Retaliation ,
Settlement ,
Sick Leave
Does The ADEA Permit Disparate Impact Suits by Applicants? Eleventh Circuit Says Yes -
Why it matters -
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals created a circuit split with a decision that the Age Discrimination in...more
1/18/2016
/ Actual Injuries ,
ADEA ,
Age Discrimination ,
Caregivers ,
Disparate Impact ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Hostile Environment ,
Human Rights ,
Independent Contractors ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Misclassification ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Race Discrimination ,
Successor Liability ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Uber ,
Wage and Hour
Take the Cure: New California Law Permits Corrections of Wage Statement Violations -
Why it matters:
Employers may want to review their wage statements after Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law that permits them...more
10/19/2015
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Bias ,
Confidential Information ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Email ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Retention ,
Employee Training ,
Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Faragher/Ellerth defense ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Governor Brown ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Hostile Environment ,
Independent Contractors ,
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress ,
Internships ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Code ,
Negligent Hiring ,
New Legislation ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Primary Beneficiary Test ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Protected Class ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Right To Cure ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Summary Judgment ,
Supervisors ,
Title VII ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Verizon ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Statements
Joint Employers Can Be Liable for Employee Misclassification in California:
Why it matters -
Liability under the California Labor Code extends to joint employers that are aware of a willful misclassification of an...more
6/29/2015
/ Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Class Action ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Discrimination ,
Earned Sick Time ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Hostile Environment ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint and Several Liability ,
Joint Employers ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
OSHA ,
Paid Leave ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
Transgender ,
Tyson Foods ,
Wage and Hour
No Class Action Waivers on PAGA Claims: With Cert Denial, California’s Iskanian Decision Stands -
Why it matters: It’s official: The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the California Supreme Court’s decision in...more
2/5/2015
/ ABC Test ,
Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Class Certification ,
Employee Definition ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Iskanian v CLS Transportation ,
Paid Leave ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
SCOTUS ,
Sick Leave
State Voters Pass Paid Sick Leave, Wage Increases -
Why it matters: The polls have closed and the votes are in: The midterm elections will have a significant impact on employers across the country as voters in multiple...more
11/21/2014
/ Arbitration ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Facebook ,
Halliburton ,
Independent Contractors ,
Iskanian ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRB ,
Paid Leave ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Sick Leave ,
Social Media ,
Trucking Industry ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wellness Programs
California Employers Face Rise In PAGA Suits -
Why it matters: California employers are facing a proliferation of suits filed under the State’s Private Attorney General Act (PAGA): new data reveals that the number of...more
PAGA Suit Belongs in State, Not Federal, Court Says Ninth Circuit -
Why it matters: A wage and hour suit brought under California’s Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) belongs in state , not federal , court, the Ninth...more