As addressed in a prior post, one often-forgotten consideration in many mergers and acquisitions is the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (WARN Act), which generally requires covered employers...more
4/25/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Layoffs ,
Mergers ,
Mini-Warn Acts ,
Notice Requirements ,
Penalties ,
State Labor Laws ,
WARN Act
The California minimum wage has now increased from $16 per hour to $16.50 per hour. Correspondingly, the minimum salary threshold for exempt employees has increased to $68,640 annually, $5,720 monthly or $1,320 weekly....more
2/6/2025
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Corporate Counsel ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Policies ,
Hairstyle Discrimination ,
Minimum Wage ,
Paid Leave ,
Popular ,
State Labor Laws ,
Union Organizers ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies
Amid the ongoing Southern California wind and fire emergencies, California employers should keep in mind key emergency-related legal protections for employees and obligations placed on employers. Specifically, the Wage Theft...more
1/16/2025
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
California ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Rights ,
Natural Disasters ,
Notice Requirements ,
Popular ,
Retaliation ,
State Labor Laws ,
State of Emergency ,
Wage Theft ,
Wage Theft Prevention Act ,
Wildfires ,
Workplace Safety
With the new year will come new laws that affect California employers. The following are the “A to Z” of changes in the laws that may affect your business in 2022. Under existing law, if a COVID-19 outbreak occurs at a...more
1/5/2022
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California ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dynamex ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
Piece-Rate Pay ,
Popular ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Quotas ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage Theft
As Californians get back to business in the new year, we wanted to highlight the following changes to California employment laws for 2015:
- Mandatory Paid Sick Leave
- Protections Against Discrimination and...more
1/14/2015
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Discrimination ,
Employer Mandates ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Immigrants ,
Minimum Wage ,
Minors ,
OSHA ,
Sick Leave ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Volunteers ,
Wage and Hour
On Wednesday, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rendered a decision that, on its face, involved a technical preemption issue, but one that will have serious repercussions for those in the transportation...more