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: 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