Legal News and Updates
Under new law, employers can’t ask applicants about past salaries
How do you determine what to pay new hires? While some employers have set wages for certain positions, starting salaries are often negotiable. To gauge what salary applicants may be expecting, some employers include questions about past salaries on job applications....
What questions are off-limits on job applications in California?
At a time when it is easy to find personal information about most people online, it might seem like any question is fair game for a job application. However, while many aspects of job applications are left to the discretion of employers, there are also things...
Duggan Law Corporation Attorneys Named To Super Lawyers Lists
We are proud to announce that four of the attorneys at Duggan Law Corporation were recently recognized for their achievements by Super Lawyers, a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement....
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...
Making rest breaks work in California
The year 2017 has been one in which employers have had to come to terms with new state requirements for rest breaks for certain on-call workers. At the end of last year, the California Supreme Court decided in ABM Security Services, Inc. that employers need to take...
Dealing with ‘incomplete transfers’ in probate
Northern California has enjoyed a major economic boom in recent decades. The development of the technology industry has significantly increased wealth for many individuals in the 48 counties that make up the region. Along with it has come some increase in awareness...
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...