• 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: Apr. 20, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Uncategorized,  Employment Issues,  Sexual Discrimination
• Employment,  harassment,  employee,  employer,  Sexual Discrimination

You may have seen in the news that 21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News, has terminated newscaster Bill O’Reilly’s employment in the wake of sexual harassment allegations Read More

• posted: Apr. 18, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Issues,  Trade Secrets,  NDA,  Rights
• Employment,  employee,  employer,  Trade Secrets,  NDA

At Garcia & Gurney, ALC, our Pleasanton business attorneys routinely help corporations protect their intellectual property through the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDA). While many business owners are aware that 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: Feb. 07, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Sexual Discrimination,  Fair-Pay Act,  Single User Bathrooms,  Stalking
• Employment,  harassment,  employee,  employer,  Wage & Hour,  Sexual Discrimination,  sexual orientation

As California labor laws change, it is important that you – whether an employer or employee – understand what the changes entail so that you may better understand your rights Read More

• posted: Feb. 02, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Trade Mark,  Employee Rights,  Invasion of Privacy,  Email Correspondence
• Employment,  employee,  employer,  Trade Secrets,  Email correspondence

According to the State of California Department of Justice, “Your employer is generally allowed to monitor your workplace communications, such as business phone calls and computer usage, and to access 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. 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: Oct. 11, 2016
• Tod C. Gurney
• Employee Rights,  Bankruptcy
• Employment,  wage & hour laws,  Bankruptcy,  FLSA

It happens all the time: A company files for bankruptcy and a vast majority of the employees are sent home without having had any prior knowledge that something was wrong. Read More

• posted: Sep. 21, 2016
• Tod C. Gurney
• Applying for a job,  Bad Faith
• Employment,  employee,  Applying for a job,  lying on a resume,  Wrongful Termination

Consequences of Lying on Your Resume There is an old adage that says, “Fake it until you make it,” and while this may be good advice in some areas of your Read More

• posted: Aug. 30, 2016
• Tod C. Gurney
• Uncategorized,  Employment Issues,  Employee Rights,  Invasion of Privacy
• Employment,  employee,  Managing Risks,  Email policies

From company credit cards to company cars, and company cell phones to company email accounts, employers these days provide it all to their employees, and while such perks are mostly Read More

• posted: Aug. 24, 2016
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Issues,  Business,  Trade Secrets,  Managing Risks
• Employment,  employee,  employer,  Business,  Trade Secrets

We see it in movies all the time—a key employee is enticed away from his or her current position by a competitor who promises a bigger salary, better benefits package, Read More

• posted: Aug. 23, 2016
• Tod C. Gurney
• Employment Issues,  Employment Law,  Labor Law,  Wage & Hour
• Employment,  Labor law,  Wage & Hour,  Healthy Workplace Healthy Families Act,  paid sick leave,  paid time off,  sick leave

It is rare that an individual will go an entire year without getting sick, and whether we like it or not, chances are that if we fall ill, it will Read More

• posted: Aug. 17, 2016
• Melinda Garcia
• Discrimination,  Gender Discrimination,  Employee Rights
• Employment,  Employment discrimination,  harassment,  employee

Today’s women want it all: The career, the marriage, the house, and yes, the family. And they can have it all, with some juggling, multitasking, and super-human willpower. Unfortunately, some Read More