The California legislature is setting its sights on limiting employers’ use of independent contractors in the gig economy. A California bill, AB 5, sets to codify the California Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Dynamex v. Superior Court. The bill passed the Assembly last week, and will need to be approved by both the Senate
This Friday’s Five post is a video (see below) covering five ways on how to fire employees with kindness and empathy:
As the mid-point of the year approaches, employers should review their sexual harassment training obligations and ensure compliance, especially with the new law requiring sexual harassment prevention training for all employees by January 1, 2020 for employers with five or more employees. Existing law already requires employers in California with 50 or more workers to
This Friday’s Five is a video (see video below) that reviews the ABC test for independent contractors as set forth in the California Supreme Court’s ruling in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903. The five issues I discuss in the video include:
1) Part A of the test
Rick Reyes, a law clerk at our firm, recently wrote an article published in the National Law Review: Transgender Individuals in the Workplace: An Overview of Employers’ Scope of Obligations in California.
The article provides some great guidance for employers on this developing issue, such as new posters required by California law, training
The hot weather facing southern California has also brought a flurry of developments for California employers. The beginning of July 2018 has been busy, and there is a lot of new developments potentially impacting California employers. This Friday’s Five focuses on current topics facing California employers this past week:
1. California’s new data privacy law.
With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis this week, I thought it would be a good time to review the pros and cons of arbitration agreements in the workplace. This this Friday’s Five is a video in which I cover five things you want to know about arbitration agreements, but
I received a few questions this week that I have not heard asked in a while: In what manner do employers need to keep time records? Can they be kept electronically, or do they have to be written? A follow-on question was: Do employers need to have a computerized timekeeping system to comply with their
When hiring an employee, employers need to be mindful that any tests of the employee’s skills during the hiring process does not cross the line to become actual work that the applicant must be paid for. Employers sometimes will ask applicants to demonstrate their food preparation skills in a restaurant setting, handling tools in a
I just posted a new video on my YouTube channel about the issues facing employers with the state and local minimum wage increases in 2018 (embedded below). At the end of the first quarter in 2018, it is a good time to review compliance with the state and local minimum wage laws, and to start