3 questions key to Nathan Fletcher lawsuit
Grecia Figueroa lost her job as a Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) public relations specialist on Feb. 6, 2023, the same day County Supervisor and…
PAGA plaintiff may represent claims of other employees in court, even if required to arbitrate own claims
The California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) authorizes any “aggrieved employee” to seek civil penalties against an…
March 27, 2023 | Categories: News, Employment Law
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Avoid these common mistakes in conducting workplace investigations
At a recent Zoom program I attended sponsored by the Harvard Law School Association of Orange County, attorney Tina Rad of Wagener Law addressed…
March 13, 2023 | Categories: News, Employment Law
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9th Circuit invalidates law barring mandatory employment arbitration
My last column focused on a California Court of Appeal ruling that confirmed it is easier for an employer to enforce a pre-dispute arbitration…
February 27, 2023 | Categories: News, Employment Law
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Employee’s handwritten signature makes arbitration agreement easier to enforce
Many California employers ask incoming and existing employees to agree in advance to arbitrate any employment-related disputes and give up the…
February 6, 2023 | Categories: News, Employment Law
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Legal consequences of resume fraud
In 2017, CareerBuilder surveyed more than 2,500 U.S. employers across industries and company sizes about resume fraud, including 221 human…
January 30, 2023 | Categories: News, Employment Law
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Employee may not be outside salesperson even if sales work mostly is performed off employer’s premises
Under California regulations, an employee who (1) “customarily and regularly works more than half the working time away from the…
January 16, 2023 | Categories: News, Employment Law
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COVID-19 – and its workplace rules – still with us
Happy New Year! On Dec. 15, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) voted to replace the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary…
January 2, 2023 | Categories: News, Employment Law
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New state guidance on confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses
The California Civil Rights Department (CRD, formerly the Department of Fair Employment and Housing) just issued guidance about terms an employer…
December 19, 2022 | Categories: News, Employment Law
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The Law at Work: Employee as a Good Samaritan
In this season of goodwill toward all comes a timely ruling addressing the scope of California’s Good Samaritan law, Health and Safety Code…