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WELCOME TO THE FIRM – PAM HARDER
PAM HARDER IS NOW FIRM’S LEGAL ASSISTANT We welcome Pam Harder as a firm legal and administrative assistant. Pam joins us with a solid background in personnel management. She is pursuing the ABA-approved paralegal studies program at Pasadena City College, with graduation and California paralegal certification slated for August, 2016. Pam assists our attorneys with […]
NEW CALIFORNIA LAWS 2016
Piece Work Compensation Is a Wreck Waiting to Happen The Perils of New Labor Code Section 226.2 for Trucking, Auto Repair and Other Industries “Piece work” compensation or “piece rate” is payment for work based on production. For decades, this method has worked to benefit worker and management in many industries. It has become common […]
CALIFORNIA LABOR LAWS 2016
Fair Pay Act Aims to Level the Playing Field Law Mandates Equal Pay Between Genders for Equal or Substantially Similar Work SB 358, the “Fair Pay Act,” has been enacted by the California Legislature and signed into law by the Governor. The Act aims to eliminate the gender wage gap between women earning lower rates […]
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Comply with California’s Paid Sick Leave Law July 1, 2015 Or Face the Fate of Heavy Penalties Beginning July 1, 2015, all California employers must begin to offer paid sick leave (PSL) benefits under the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act, AB 1522 (the Act). See July 1, 2015 Deadline Is Approaching. Do You Know Where […]
ACCOMMODATING RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
EMPLOYERS MUST TAKE THE HINT AND TAKE INITIATIVE U.S. Supreme Court Decision Warns that Companies Ignore at Their Peril Possible Need to Permit Religious Exceptions to Workplace Policies The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 1, 2015 decision in Equal Opportunity Employment Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. requires employers to take special initiative to accommodate […]