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AIMEE ROSALES IS FIRM’S NEW OFFICE MANAGER
Mrs. Aimee Rosales has been promoted to the position of Office Manager. Her larger role comes after over two years of success as technical assistant for our attorneys. Aimee has extensive executive and administrative experience in the humanitarian non-profit world. We are very pleased to have her take the reins of the firm’s management and […]
PHONING IT IN
California Employers Must Pay Wages for Required Call-In to Confirm Day’s Work Schedule Employers who require workers to call in to ascertain whether they are needed for a scheduled work shift will now need to rethink this practice. California Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) publishes “wage orders” containing regulations on wages, breaks, record-keeping and other working […]
LORETTA GARDEA IS FIRM’S CLIENT SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE
Ms. Loretta Gardea has joined the firm as our client services representative. Loretta has an extensive background in customer relations as well as experience with sales, marketing and product development. Loretta also speaks Spanish. She has an A.A. in Liberal Arts from Bakersfield College, was a foreign language major and attended Nevada School of Real […]
VALERIE CHAVEZ IS THE FIRM’S DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION AND MARKETING
Ms. Valerie Chavez now our firm’s director of promotion and marketing. Valerie comes to us with a background in service industry management, with experience and appreciation for client communications and security. She has pursued study in justice administration at Pasadena City College and is looking to continue her education within the legal profession. We welcome […]
GENEVA WHITE IS NOW A FIRM TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Geneva White has joined the firm as a technical administrative assistant. Geneva comes to us with a background in public relations with former positions in commercial marketing design as well as full-time humanitarian non-profit work. She has studied at New York’s The New School for Social Research and Parsons School for Design. Geneva is also a […]
WHAT’S NEW FOR 2019 INDUSTRY WAGE ORDERS UPDATED FOR CALIFORNIA MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES
Don’t Forget to Post Your New California Wage Orders California employers must comply with one or more of the 18 California Industrial Welfare Commission’s (IWC) published “wage orders” applicable to their industry or profession. For example, Wage Order 1 applies to the manufacturing industry; Wage Order 4 to professional, technical, clerical, mechanical and similar occupations; […]
CAUTIONARY TALES EPISODE 25 RUBBER CHECKS AND UNPAID WAGES REBOUND ON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
In another rebuke to the construction industry, the Labor Commissioner has cited RDV Construction, a Los Angeles County subcontractor, $12 million for wage theft violations involving more than a thousand workers. The Carpenters Contractors Cooperation Committee, a non-profit labor-management organization, assisted in bringing those violations to light. RDV provided crews on 35 mixed-use, apartment, and […]
E-VERIFY IS BACK FEBRUARY 11, 2019 “CATCH-UP” DEADLINE
The federal E-Verify program provides a way for employers to confirm that people they are hiring are eligible to work in the United States. Participation in E-Verify is discretionary for most employers, but mandatory for federal contractors and certain others, such as businesses in states requiring its use. California is not one of those states. […]
CAUTIONARY TALES EPISODE 24
Unpaid Wages and Attempt to Evade Consequences Result in Seizure of Owners’ Assets Continuing to target restaurants and other industries under its Wage Theft Is a Crime program, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) has taken action against the Mango Gardens restaurant chain. In 2015 following a referral from Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law […]
WHAT’S NEW FOR 2019 CALIFORNIA’S ZERO TOLERANCE PROTECTIONS AGAINST WORKPLACE HARASSMENT
The Expanding Meaning of “Zero Tolerance” The #MeToo movement has prompted the California Legislature to expand employer liability for harassment of employees and other specified persons effective January 1, 2019, making it far easier for workers to sue and bring their cases to trial. Release and Waiver Agreements Prohibited: Except for certain negotiated settlement agreements […]