The latest litigation trends, court decisions, & issues on California employment law
While severance is not required under the law, many employers who are terminating or laying employees off voluntarily offer severance to employees. Usually, the severance is tied to a release of claims that the employee may have against the employer.
I am often asked about the amounts appropriate amounts of severance. The Connecticut Employment Law…
The Ohio Employer’s Law Blog notes that businesses are using very clever advertisements to fight the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act:
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The ad was created by UnionFacts.com, a non-profit union watchdog group. The Ohio Employer’s Law Blog (written by Jon Hyman) has a series of posts I highly recommend that explains…
Perhaps one of the most misunderstood and improperly applied issues in California is how to treat commissioned sales people. Here are some of the most common mistakes I’ve encountered that can create substantial liability for employers.
Mistake: Treating all commissioned sales people as exempt employees (i.e. paying them a straight salary).
Usually there are two exemptions…
Below is my Slideshare.net slide show on my previous post about the top 10 stupidest ideas California employers could have:
Just to brag a bit, the slide show was featured on Slideshare’s home page for
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Lorraine Henderson, the director of the Port of Boston, was charged with hiring illegal immigrants to clean her home. "She’s supposed to be deporting aliens, not hiring them," said Assistant US Attorney Brian T. Kelly, chief of the public corruption unit.
The housecleaner wore a wire during conversations with Henderson. The article reports that…
I recently conducted a webinar on new developments involving meal and rest breaks, expense reimbursement, paid time off pitfalls, and other wage and hour issues California employers should be aware of. It is approximately 30 minutes. Click here to download, or click here to listen via iTunes.
Your company may be in trouble if you (or the president/owner you work for) have had one of the following thoughts:
1. My company is too small to be sued in a wage and hour class action.
2. I’m too busy to think about employment law issues – I’ll get to it next week.
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Seth Godin points out the 90/10 rule for marketing a job. He notes that if employers do what every other employer is doing to fill a job, they will only hire sub-par employees.
Most hiring managers don’t understand organizations that go to extraordinary lengths to find and retain amazing people. And from their point
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In Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP (link to PDF), the California Supreme Court ruled on the following issues: (1) To what extent does Business and Professions Code section 16600 prohibit employee noncompetition agreements; and (2) is a contract provision requiring an employee to release “any and all” claims unlawful because it encompasses nonwaivable statutory protections…
