As the novel coronavirus pushes governments and businesses to extraordinary protection measures, seemingly overnight, a new victim may be emerging: privacy.  Such a concern may seem superfluous amid a pandemic that has claimed tens of thousands of … [Read more...]

Law-breaking employers paid more than $88 million in penalties last year under a progressive California law that guards workplace rights, a new report finds. That’s up dramatically from $30.3 million in 2018. The Private Attorneys General Act lets … [Read more...]

Coronavirus has dramatically interrupted U.S. life, bringing normal routines for many almost to a standstill.  The number of confirmed domestic cases of coronavirus COVID-19 has soared in recent days, with California facing the third-most cases … [Read more...]

While it remains uncertain how Assembly Bill 5 will influence employer-employee relationships long-term, we now have insight to the immediate impact on the California workforce. Since going into effect on January 1, the law has been the subject of … [Read more...]

If timekeeping procedures have you fulfilling work duties after clocking out, even for a matter of minutes, courts indicate they are backing your right for compensation. While employers have previously used the federal de minimis doctrine as an  … [Read more...]

Minimum wage requirements in local cities and counties throughout California recently increased. While employers should have been well prepared to comply, it’s in employees’ best interest to educate themselves on the distinctions of pay rate changes … [Read more...]

California companies’ authority to prevent employees from being recruited away by means of non-solicitation agreements appears to be crumbling.  While we await the California Supreme Court to weigh in with an explicit ruling, several recent cases … [Read more...]

If you’re working long hours but not getting overtime pay, the courts are on your side, even if you don’t have an exact record of all your hours. In a recent California case, an appeals court determined that a sales and marketing director who put … [Read more...]

More than a million U.S. workers would become eligible for overtime pay under a new rule proposed this month by the U.S. Department of Labor. Currently, employees must earn less than $455 a week — or $23,660 a year — to qualify for time-and-a-half … [Read more...]