The latest litigation trends, court decisions, & issues on California employment law
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.
3. …
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…
