California employers often ask what steps they can take to prevent employment litigation. While it’s impossible to completely avoid frivolous lawsuits, employers can focus on what they can control. By regularly reviewing a few key areas, employers can significantly reduce their liability. Here are five steps to get started (hint: the most important step is

In legal disputes, five primary challenges can significantly complicate the defense of an employment lawsuit:

1. Failure to document routine employment issues.
In any employment litigation, whether it’s wage and hour claims, leave issues, or harassment claims – the amount of documentation an employer has dramatically increases the odds of prevailing in litigation. I would

In working with employers are various sizes, backgrounds, sophistication, and industries, I’ve seen a lot of confusion and simple misunderstandings about what constitutes employee discipline and how to properly document employee performance issues or discipline.  This Friday’s Five reviews five common misunderstandings about discipline and documentation:

Misconception #1: If there was no formal write-up put

In working with employers are various sizes, backgrounds, sophistication, and industries, I’ve seen a lot of confusion and simple misunderstandings about what constitutes employee discipline and how to properly document employee performance issues or discipline.  This Friday’s Five reviews five common misunderstandings about discipline and documentation:

1. If it was not a formal write-up put

This Friday’s Five provides a few reminders about documenting employee performance. While good documentation is hard to gather at the time, it is critical in communicating clear objections to employees for better performance. Also, should a dispute arise that results in litigation, how well the employee’s performance was documented can be the different in winning