• posted: May 14, 2018
• Lindsay R. Meyer
• Employment Law
• California Labor Code,  PAGA,  California Court of Appeals,  Lopez v. Friand & Associates

It goes without saying, being an employer is California is tough. There are countless laws in California pertaining to employee wages that must be complied with or the employer may Read More

• posted: Aug. 07, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Employment Law,  Business,  Discrimination,  Equal Pay
• Employment,  employee,  Business,  Equal Pay Act

California’s Ninth Circuit reversed a district court ruling in Rizo v. Yovino that held that an employer violated the Equal Pay Act because of its bright-line policy rule of paying Read More

• posted: Aug. 07, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Employment Law,  Equal Pay
• EEOC,  Equal Pay Act,  discriminatory pay,  Rizo v. Yovino,  wage discrimination

California’s Ninth Circuit reversed a district court ruling in Rizo v. Yovino that held that an employer violated the Equal Pay Act because of its bright-line policy rule of paying Read More

• posted: Aug. 01, 2017
• Amanda Rydza
• Employment Law,  Discrimination,  Family Responsibilities
• Business,  discrimination,  family businesses,  nepotism,  nepotism in the workplace

What is nepotism? Nepotism is the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs. What is the law and how can someone sue Read More

• posted: Jul. 18, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Law,  Labor Law
• California Labor Code,  employment contracts,  non-compete agreements

Companies that have headquarters outside of the Golden State typically have employment contracts that purportedly are governed by the substantive law of the state in which the enterprise is headquartered. Even Read More

• posted: Jul. 11, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Employment Law,  FMLA
• FMLA,  CFRA,  A Better Chance,  civil lawsuits

California-based employers who employ 50 or more workers face regulations beyond the federal employment laws through the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), which expands employees’ rights under the Family Medical Read More

• posted: Jul. 05, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Law,  Employee Rights
• wage & hour laws,  California Court of Appeals,  class action suit,  commissioned employees,  rest breaks,  Stoneledge Furniture

Earlier this year, a California Court of Appeals held in Vaquero v. Stoneledge Furniture LLC that an employer violated state law by not paying commissioned employees for their rest breaks. Under Read More

• posted: May 16, 2017
• Amanda Rydza
• Employment Issues,  Employment Law,  Trade Secrets,  Risk Management,  NDA
• Trade Secrets,  Anthony Levandowski,  trade secret act,  Uber,  Waymo

On February 23, 2017, Waymo, LLC (owned by Google’s parent company), filed a lawsuit against Uber Technologies, Inc., Ottomotto LLC, and Otto Trucking, LLC.  The basis of Waymo’s lawsuit is Read More

• posted: Apr. 13, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Issues,  Employment Law,  Employee Rights,  CFRA,  Labor Code,  Veterans
• employee,  Business,  Labor law,  Wage & Hour,  CFRA,  Veterans

We are only into the first quarter of 2017, and already California’s lawmakers have proposed new legislation for business owners. As of right now, the laws are still in the Read More

• posted: Apr. 11, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Law,  Business,  Wage & Hour,  Healthcare Workers,  Employee Rights
• Employment,  Business,  Labor law,  Wage & Hour,  Healthcare Worker

On October 5, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill confirming that hospital employees and other employees in the healthcare industry can continue to waive one of Read More

• posted: Mar. 30, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Uncategorized,  Employment Issues,  Employment Law,  At Will Employees
• Employment,  employee,  At Will Employees

All employers throughout California operate under the presumption that employees are employed “at will,” meaning that either the employer or the employee may terminate the employment at any time and Read More

• 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. 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. 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

• posted: Nov. 16, 2016
• Amanda Rydza
• Employment Law

On November 8, 2016, California voters approved the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (“the Act”). Legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes will be a significant change to current law, however, Read More