Seyfarth Synopsis: When faced with wildfires or natural disasters, California employers must keep calm, carry on, and continue to meet their obligations under California law. ...more
11/1/2019
/ Air Quality Standards ,
Business Interruption ,
California Family Rights Act (CFRA) ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Firemen ,
First Responders ,
Natural Disasters ,
On-Call Employees ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Remote Working ,
Sick Leave ,
Telecommuting ,
Vacation Leave ,
Volunteers ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wildfires ,
Work Schedules
Seyfarth Synopsis: In another employer friendly decision, the NLRB explicitly overruled an Obama administration precedent in emphasizing the importance of entrepreneurial activity and returned to the traditional common law...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In another signal that the Board may overturn the Obama Board’s decision in Purple Communications allowing employees to use their employer’s email systems to communicate about wages, hours, working...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers must pay “waiting time” penalties for willfully failing to timely pay wages due upon termination. Last week the California Court of Appeal dealt employers a double whammy: (i) mere negligence can...more
6/1/2018
/ Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Negligence ,
Penalties ,
Summary Judgment ,
Termination ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Legislature has introduced a new bipartisan bill, AB 1870, that would give all employees—not just those claiming sexual harassment—three years to file DFEH complaints of unlawful...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On Friday, December 1, 2017, newly appointed NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued a memorandum containing a broad overview of his initial agenda as General Counsel. It previews many anticipated...more
12/19/2017
/ Employee Definition ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Policy Memorandums ,
Section 7 ,
Teamsters ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions
Seyfarth Synopsis: The DLSE enforces California labor laws. In two recent enforcement actions, the DLSE collectively recovered over one million dollars, so California employers should read on to find out more about this...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Seyfarth Shaw submitted comments and oral testimony to the Federal Advisory Committee on Civil Rules regarding needed reform and guidance to Rule 23, the rule that governs class action litigation in federal...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As of March, all single-occupancy restrooms in California businesses, government buildings, and places of public accommodation must be gender neutral. This post reviews the annoyingly specific requirements...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: With increased attention placed on transgender rights in recent years, employers should pay close attention to transgender discrimination and related issues in the workplace. This post offers some tips for...more
1/12/2017
/ DFEH ,
Dress Codes ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employee Restrooms ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
FEHA ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Governor Brown ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
Resolving a split in the lower courts and deciding an issue of first impression for the Court, the Fifth Circuit earlier this week held that prevailing plaintiffs in FLSA retaliation cases may recover emotional distress...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Travel time pay is a nebulous area of the law that can leave many employers stalled on the starting blocks. Here are some guidelines to help ensure that employees get paid for all hours worked, including...more