New California Law Creates Legal Test for Determining Who is an “Employee” -
In the wake of Assembly Bill 5, employers will need to exercise additional care when determining whether to hire workers as employees or as...more
11/13/2019
/ ABC Test ,
Dynamex ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Freelance Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Regulations ,
Misclassification ,
Public Agencies ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
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
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
Last week Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 119 into law, which requires public employers to provide union representatives access to new employees during their orientations. This bill defines employee orientation as the...more
BB&K labor and employment law attorneys hosted a webinar focusing on new legislation and case law impacting California employers - private and public.
Topics included:
- New Legislation Public and Private Employers
-...more