• posted: Jan. 26, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Issues,  Employment Law,  Labor Law,  Business,  Applying for a job,  Discrimination,  Employee Rights,  Disabilities Act,  Family Responsibilities,  FMLA
• Employment,  Employment discrimination,  employee,  employer,  Business,  Labor law,  FMLA

Family responsibilities discrimination (FRD) is a common type of employment discrimination that occurs in the workforce, especially towards pregnant women and mothers. However, FRD is not a type of discrimination Read More

• posted: Jan. 25, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Business,  Employee Rights,  Invasion of Privacy,  Company property
• employee,  employer,  Business,  Managing Risks,  Company Cell Phones

In City of Ontario v. Quon, the Supreme Court ruled that employers have the right to read employees’ text messages – including personal ones – if they believe that the Read More

• posted: Jan. 24, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Intellectual Property Rights,  Infringement,  Employee Rights
• employee,  employer,  Intellectual Property Rights

Once upon a time, working with independent contractors was considered risky and even a bit frivolous. Today, however, hiring out work to freelancers is not only the norm, but it Read More

• posted: Jan. 20, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Discrimination,  Employee Rights,  FEHA
• employee,  workplace discrimination,  disability,  FEHA

  Ever since California passed its first law protecting the rights of workers with disabilities in 1974, it has been at the forefront of the Americans with Disabilities movement. Under California’s Read More

• posted: Jan. 19, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Business,  Business Partnerships,  Board of Directors
• Business,  Board of Directors

A California board member may be asked to step down for any number of reasons, ranging from conflict of interest to unethical behavior. If you and the rest of the Read More

• posted: Jan. 17, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Construction,  Easements
• Construction,  Easements

When you buy a piece of property in California, you understandably assume that said piece of property is all yours, to do with what you will. This includes allowing certain Read More

• posted: Jan. 12, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Uncategorized,  Construction,  Contracts,  Construction Defects,  Liens
• Construction,  Liens

When it comes to opening a construction payment dispute, timing is everything. The state of California offers several legal remedies to contractors and suppliers who have not been paid for Read More

• posted: Jan. 11, 2017
• Hester Nguyen
• Employment Law

Many California employers use a standard vacation policy in their employer handbook and give it nothing more than a cursory glance before making it official. However, doing this could land Read More

• posted: Jan. 10, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Uncategorized,  Employment Issues,  Wage & Hour,  Employee Rights
• Business,  Labor law,  Wage & Hour

Thanks to cell phones, laptops, and other mobile devices, communication between employers and employees is just a few clicks away. Because of how pervasive a presence smart technology has in Read More

• posted: Jan. 06, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Employment Law,  Discrimination,  Employee Rights,  First Amendment,  Protected Rights,  Social Media
• Employment,  employee,  Social media,  Labor law,  First Amendment Right

Individuals find themselves in hot water all the time over what they post on social media. For some, their posts go so far as to get them arrested; for others, Read More

• posted: Jan. 05, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Issues,  Employment Law,  Labor Law,  Wage & Hour,  Discrimination,  Employee Rights
• Employment,  Employment discrimination,  employee,  Business,  Labor law,  Wage & Hour,  Background Checks

Labor laws are constantly changing, and it is important that California employers keep up with those changes so that they do not unknowingly violate any of them. The Pleasanton business Read More