Category: Employment Law

By Gregory Garbacz, Esq. In Donahue v. AMN Services, California further tightens the compliance noose around employers’ necks in two respects. First, the Court rejects the use of any time rounding of meal breaks, even if it does not result in aggregate lost time and wages. Second, the Court makes plain that…

By Thomas E. Daugherty, Esq. California has enacted SB 95, legislation that requires employers with more than 25 employees to provide 80 hours of COVID-19 related supplemental paid sick leave to full time employees.  This requirement is in addition to other paid sick leave available to employees. Employers with 25 or fewer…

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – The California Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in the matter of Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles has spurred a lot of interest and concern among California employers.  This new Supreme Court case, and the classification test it creates, has enormous ramifications for California businesses…

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – Employers are regularly faced with complaints from their employees of discrimination, harassment, and other claims of misconduct by co-workers and supervisors within the workplace. The law requires that employers take reasonable steps to provide a workplace free of harassment and discrimination.  In order to make informed…

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – Nadia P. Bermudez from Klinedinst’s Employment Group presented a special webinar on recent legislative changes impacting California employers. Klinedinst’s 2017 Employment Law Update intended to keep HR professionals and business executives up to date by offering practical guidance for addressing common issues faced by employers. The…