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Employment Litigation
Are your workplace postings up-to-date?
From minimum wage notices to no smoking signs, California employers must display a wide variety of information in a place where all employees can see it. The California Department of Industrial Relations regulates the type of information employers are required to post...
What California’s New Parental Leave Law Means For Employers
Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the New Parent Leave Act into law, which expands California's parental leave law to include bonding time after the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child for adoption for new parents. As many as 2.8 million employees may be...
How a well-written job description protects employers
Whether you're replacing a former employee, creating a new position or welcoming an employee back from a medical leave, writing a job description is an important part of the hiring process. Even if you are in a rush to fill a position, it is worth taking the time to...
At-will employment and the implied-in-fact contract exception
Previously, we began looking at the topic of at-will employment and some of the exceptions to the rule. As we noted, one important exception to the rule is when employers provide special protections to employees by contract. Employers need to be careful to honor their...
What rights, obligations do employers have when terminating employees?
Employers need to continually manage and minimize a number of potential liabilities surrounding employees, including illegal discrimination and harassment, workplace safety, disciplinary issues, theft, protection of confidential business information, and so on. One...
Facially Neutral Policies to Protect Against Age Discrimination
Every industry has certain requirements of its employees. You wouldn't hire a baker to do welding, right? So, it would be reasonable for you to exclude bakers from your applicant pool if he or she had no welding experience. However, if you somehow exclude an applicant...