A city employee’s comments at a public event were not protected under the First Amendment because she spoke as a public employee, not a private citizen, a federal appeals court held in Barone v. City of Springfield. However,...more
9/18/2018
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Municipalities ,
Prior Restraint ,
Public Employees ,
Public Statements ,
Reputational Injury ,
Retaliation
California employers cannot require employees to routinely work — even for just minutes — off-the-clock without compensation, according to the California Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Troester v. Starbucks. ...more
Best Best & Krieger Labor & Employment attorneys discussed new legislation and case law impacting California employers - private and public.
What Was Discussed
-Legislation passed in 2017
-Wage and hour...more
6/22/2018
/ Contractors ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Discrimination ,
Drug Testing ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Application ,
Employment Litigation ,
Executive Compensation ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay Act ,
FEHC ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Injunctions ,
Investigations ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Commissioners ,
Medical Leave ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
On-Call Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Popular ,
Public Agencies ,
Public Employers ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Retaliation ,
Retirement Plan ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sanctuary Cities ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Special Districts ,
Subcontractors ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Levy ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Withholding Allowances ,
Withholding Requirements ,
Workplace Safety
In a unanimous ruling, the California Supreme Court in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court rejected the decades-old Borello test for determining whether workers should be classified as employees or independent...more
5/21/2018
/ ABC Test ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour