DEI Trumped: What the diversity executive order means for private employers
The impact of Trump’s DEI order will depend on how challenges arising from the order to particular private sector DEI programs fare in the…
Ministerial exception to workplace claims.
Court upholds ministerial exception that protects religious organizations' autonomy from employment discrimination lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme…
January 27, 2025 | Categories:
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What Trump’s election means to California employers
Donald Trump’s return to the presidency means dramatic changes in the law are coming. Those changes will be greatest in areas over which the…
November 18, 2024 | Categories:
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Brian Katusian Authors Annual Update of CEB Publication (2025)
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek Shareholder Brian Katusian has authored the annual chapter updates to two chapters in the Continuing Education of the…
November 8, 2024 | Categories:
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In California, employers must give you time off to vote. Here’s how that works
Tuesday is Election Day. Polls are open in California from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. California employers must give an employee up to two hours of paid time…
November 4, 2024 | Categories:
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3 reasons San Diegans should care about the Prop. 32 minimum wage increase
Proposition 32 would increase California’s hourly minimum wage from $16 to $17 for employees working for employers — public and private…
October 21, 2024 | Categories:
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Mandatory employer meetings about employer’s religious, political views barred
Starting Jan. 1, almost all California public and private employers will be prohibited from disciplining, or threatening to discipline, employees…
October 8, 2024 | Categories: Articles & Publications
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Talking politics in the office. What’s allowed under the law
I first addressed the legality of employer regulation of employee political activity in my first Law at Work column eight years ago. The political…
September 23, 2024 | Categories: Articles & Publications
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Case Study: High Property Prices Lead to More Probate Disputes
By Sarah M. Shekhter Joyce and Michael* bought several apartment buildings many years ago in San Diego. By the time they passed away recently, the…
September 12, 2024 | Categories: Articles & Publications
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California voters to consider ending involuntary prison work
Neither the U.S. nor the California Constitution completely prohibits involuntary servitude, broadly defined as forced work under threat of…