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#5  Unfair Immigration Practices In the remaining weeks of 2013, we will be counting down the most important changes to California employment law for 2014.  The first change we are highlighting is an entirely new addition...

I hear from many human resources professionals that the often stressful and unenjoyable task of administering corrective discipline, including terminations, falls to them.  It is counterproductive for a company’s HR staff...

Governor Brown will be signing legislation that raises the California minimum wage in two steps to $10 an hour, which will be highest in the nation.  The first increase will occur on July 1, 2014, when the minimum wage will...

While the administration has postponed the implementation of the employer insurance mandate until 2015, an important Obamacare deadline for employers was not delayed.  On or before October 1, 2013, all employers with at...

Most employers have realized the important role an employee handbook plays as an evidentiary tool in defending any type of employment claim.  Even small businesses with few employees need written policies to protect against...

“I don’t think I want to work here anymore.”  “I’m going to find another job.”  “Maybe I’ll just have to quit.”  The “fuzzy resignation” is not a summertime cocktail, but a common problem for...

Anyone who has visited an Apple retail store knows how much high value product is on the floor and in inventory.  Apple believed the temptation for employees to leave at the end of their shift with an iPhone or two stashed...

The question of supervisory status is a critical issue that cuts across all areas of employment law.  One area where it has critical importance is discrimination cases, particularly sexual harassment, because the employer is...