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Weak Demand Leads to Layoffs Among California Wineries: Navigating the Legal Risks of Cost-Cutting

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Recent studies indicate a steady decline in alcohol consumption in the United States over the past several years, following a global trend that has seen decreases in alcohol consumption from Ireland to India. Several factors...more

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Furloughs Trigger Employer’s Obligation To Pay Final Wages Immediately

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A recent Ninth Circuit panel held that Hyatt employees who were “laid off” in March 2020 were entitled to payment of their accrued vacation time immediately, even though the employees were not officially terminated until June...more

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WARN Act COVID-19 Lawsuits on the Rise

Recently, the attorneys responsible for filing a much-publicized Florida class action against Enterprise Rental Car alleging violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”) struck again; this time...more

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3 Steps To Make Sure Your COVID-19 Decisions Don’t Lead To Wrongful Termination Lawsuits

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Employers across the country continue to be challenged with difficult decisions about their workforce in the wake of COVID-19, including decisions about employee layoffs and returning employees to the worksite. As businesses...more

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Employees Laid Off As A Result Of COVID-19 Ask Courts To Find Their Non-Compete Agreements Unenforceable

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Since the onset of COVID-19 and the related business shut-downs, employers across the country have been forced to make the difficult decision to lay off or terminate many of their employees. Of the tens of millions who have...more

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Emerging Trends In COVID-19 Workplace Litigation

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As of this writing, employees from across the country have filed more than 430 COVID-19-related lawsuits against their employers and former employers. Not all of these claims have focused on the Family First Coronavirus...more

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Class Action Trends Report Summer 2020

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Employers continue to grapple with an ongoing, unprecedented public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its after-effects, which have profoundly disrupted the nation’s economy and U.S. workplaces. In this issue,...more

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First Circuit Rules on Post-employment Restrictions as COVID-19 Restrictions Ease and Employees Return to Work

As employers reopen their businesses following closures or reductions in operations required during the COVID-19 pandemic, many are grappling with the fraught and complex task of bringing laid-off or furloughed employees back...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

[Webinar] Employment Laws: Understanding Your Rights and Obligations as a Cannabis Employer - June 16th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

Cannabis businesses are subject to both state and federal employment laws and regulations. The past few months have brought a landslide of new legislation, guidance, and orders from our federal, state and local governments...more

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A New Wave Of COVID-19 Class Action Lawsuits Begins In California

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Several former employees of a national restaurant chain filed a class action lawsuit claiming their former restaurant employer violated California’s WARN Act by furloughing workers in March without providing 60 days of notice...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Rise in Employment Law Claims: Knowing the Risks and the Long-Term Legal Implications Anticipated from the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic hit employers hard and fast, causing employers to deal with loss of revenue, tough decisions in regard to workforce and pay issues, and new laws and other guidelines that had to be analyzed and...more

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Be Fore-WARNed: California Really Is Peculiar

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Seyfarth synopsis: Companies contemplating a mass layoff must comply with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. In California, alas, companies must also consider the even more stringent requirements...more

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You’ve Been Warned: California’s WARN Act Is Broader Than the Federal Warn Act

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As with so many other situations involving California’s employment laws, its protection for California-based employees experiencing a job loss is broader than the protections under federal law. In The International...more

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Short-Term Layoffs Require Advance Notice Under California WARN

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Like the Federal WARN Act, California’s WARN Act (Cal-WARN) requires employers to notify employees of certain covered layoffs that will affect them. The California Court of Appeal has now confirmed that...more

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