The ramping up of enforcement by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) across California has been expected for some time now. We have hosted multiple webinars earlier this year with this expectation, and now is a good time to review the materials again. What we’re seeing now is not a surprise, and the focus on employer
Employers in California should periodically review their employee documentation and record retention policies to ensure compliance with state laws. Below are five critical areas to audit as of 2025:
1. Are Employee Time Records Maintained for at Least Four Years?
California law requires employers to track hourly employees’ start and stop times, meal periods, and total
The hiring process in California can be confusing: there are various required federal and state documents that must be reviewed and signed for new employees. It is imperative for California employers to familiarize themselves with the requirements for their local jurisdictions and industries to minimize their legal risk.
Here are five key categories of documents
Employee document storage and retention policies: it is not cutting edge legal theory or management philosophy, but companies that think about and actively develop a plan will save large amounts of money. The costs savings will come from being able to better defend litigation because the key documents were maintained, and it will come in
In this Friday’s Five I discuss:
Here is a list of some of the required notices employers must provide to new employees in California. Sometimes I have a hard time coming up with five rules or items for the Friday’s Five list, but not this time – I blew through five items (it is California after all):
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Your company has updated its employee handbook, but the work 
is not over in California. Here are a few reminders of additional steps employers should review after conducting a handbook update and on a periodic basis. Of course this list is not comprehensive, but it comprises of a few items that sometimes take a backseat
Today, February 2, 2009, employers were supposed to transition to start using a new I-9 Form. However, Friday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services department made the following announcement:
USCIS Delays Rule Changing List of Documents Acceptable to Verify Employment Eligibility Reopens Public Comment Period for 30 days
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced