The Law at Work: Don’t adopt English-only workplace policy without clear business need The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing Albertsons in San Diego federal court over what the agency calls the… May 31st, 2018 | Categories: Employment Law Read More
The Law at Work: California Supreme Court defines independent contractor narrowly In a landmark unanimous ruling, the California Supreme Court just made it easier to distinguish between an employee and an independent contractor… May 15th, 2018 | Categories: Employment Law Read More
The Law at Work: Employers Can’t Use Salary History to Set Salary Both the federal and California state Equal Pay Acts authorize employers to consider a “factor other than sex” in setting salaries.… May 4th, 2018 | Categories: Employment Law Read More
The Law at Work: Secret Sexual Harassment Settlements and Taxes In his the Law at Work column in the San Diego Union-Tribune, Shareholder Dan Eaton discusses one of the less noticed features of the federal tax… April 19th, 2018 | Categories: Employment Law Read More
The Law at Work: New state law limits employer cooperation with immigration officials President Donald Trump’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is aggressively enforcing federal immigration laws. A new California… April 11th, 2018 | Categories: Employment Law Read More
The Law at Work: OT rate for flat bonus must be based on non-overtime hours worked Except for executives, professionals, and others exempt from overtime rules, California employees are legally entitled to one-and-half times their… April 2nd, 2018 | Categories: Employment Law Read More
The Law at Work: Lessons from Google Engineer’s Round One Loss in Dismissal Fight In his Law at Work column in the San Diego Union-Tribune, Shareholder Dan Eaton returns to the ongoing dispute between Google and James Damore, the… March 16th, 2018 | Categories: Employment Law Read More
The Law at Work: The ABA’S Nine Features of a Highly Effective Workplace Sexual Harassment Policy For the last several months, the country – the world, really -- has been having a dialogue about how to eradicate workplace sexual… February 27th, 2018 | Categories: Employment Law Read More
The Law at Work: When Accommodating One Employee’s Disability Triggers Another Employee’s Disability California prohibits employers with at least five employees from discriminating against an otherwise qualified applicant or employee because of a… September 12th, 2017 | Categories: Employment Law Read More
The Law at Work: May an Employer Delay the Start of Paid Vacation Benefit? In his The Law at Work column in the San Diego Union-Tribune, Shareholder Dan Eaton addresses whether or not an employer must pay part of the value… September 10th, 2017 | Categories: Employment Law Read More