Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 33: Generations in the Workplace with Caroline Warner of The South Carolina Power Team, Part 1
Managing Employee Compliance in Highly Regulated Industries — Hiring to Firing Podcast
The Labor Law Insider: Recent U.S. Supreme Court, NLRB Decisions Highlight Labor Issues in Higher Education
Podcast - The Latest on Antitrust and Non-Compete Agreements in Healthcare
Protecting Trade Secrets When Facing Lawsuits or Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures
Episode 138 -- Employee Relations and Engagement in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era
Day 19 of One Month to More Effective Continuous Improvement-Use of Social Media for Continuous Improvement
Last year, California enacted new legislation (SB 553, codified under California Labor Code Section 6401.9) requiring employers to create and maintain a workplace violence prevention plan (WVPP) and train their employees on...more
While 2024 has already ushered in several mandated changes to employer practices and policies in California, the state’s new law requiring a workplace violence prevention plan and related training is in effect now, with a...more
Many companies have ceased using noncompete clauses for employees working in California. At best the clauses have become unenforceable, at worst, a liability for the company....more
As 2024 quickly approaches, so, too, do many new obligations and restrictions for employers with California employees. Below, we summarize significant changes to hiring and workforce management, litigation, wage and hour,...more
The end of something is always the beginning of something else. That always rings true for years end and new employment laws. It is time, once again, for all employers to sit down, buckle up, and get ready for the 2024...more
It’s 4:45 p.m. on Friday. The human resources (HR) director calls and tells you that your company—or if you are outside counsel, your client—is finally expanding their sales operation to the West Coast. As part of that...more
This year has yet again been busy for the California Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom, as they enacted several significant changes to hiring and workforce management, wage and hour, COVID-19, and other employment laws....more
On September 18, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2188 into law, which prohibits employers from taking any adverse employment action against an employee in conjunction with an employee’s off-duty marijuana use....more
On September 5, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law A.B. 257, also known as the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act. Signed on Labor Day, A.B. 257 was sponsored and supported by labor...more
In 2016, California added Section 925to its Labor Code. Cal. Stats. 2016, ch. 632. That statute prohibits an employer from requiring an employee who primarily resides and works in California, as a condition of employment,...more
On February 9, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom approved Senate Bill 114 (“SB 114”), which entitles most California employees to a new bucket of COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave. The law will go into effect on...more
On February 9, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB-114, effective February 19, 2022, which requires employers to provide workers with up to two weeks (80 hours) of supplemental paid sick leave related to COVID-19. ...more