The EEOC Hates These Apples!
There is a great scene in a very old movie, The Jerk, where a crazed killer is shooting at Steve Martin's character. Steve is working at a gas station, standing [...]
FEHA Disability Regulations — Invitation to Our Legal Beagle Bagel Breakfast Training Course
The DFEH disability regulations were modified effective December 30, 2012. These are the first changes since 1996. Disability complaints now comprise 57 percent of the complaints filed with the Department [...]
The Impact of the Private Attorneys General Act on Employment Claims
In 2004 California enacted the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). (Cal. Labor Code sections 2698 - 2699.5.) The law allows persons to sue on behalf of the Labor and Workforce [...]
Occupational Assumption of the Risk
Can an employee assume the risks associated with the job and thus lose the ability to sue a third-party for an injury? That's what a California Court of Appeal concluded in Gregory [...]
When is an Intern Really an Intern?
The weather is warming up. Spring break has concluded. Students are getting closer to summer break and looking for jobs and even internships. Students prefer jobs to internships because they [...]
Do You Pay a Piece Rate or for Flagged Hours? Employer Beware!
On April 2, 2013 the California Court of Appeal published its decision in Gonzalez v. Downtown LA Motors, LP, 2013WL 1316514. The decision will have a wide-reaching and substantial financial [...]