Category Law Alerts

By Muhannad A. Malki. Social Service agencies (both for profit and non-profit) working via contract with various Regional Centers and/or DMH (Department of Mental Health) are now being contractually obligated to carry Privacy/Cyber Liability Insurance. This has been a naturally…

The Property Service Workers Protection Act is a law that went into effect January 1, 2017 to protect janitors against wage theft and sexual harassment. The Act has three parts: record keeping, registration with the Labor Commissioner’s Office, and sexual harassment training. The…

You may have noticed that the federal Department of Labor (DOL) forms used to manage leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) expired on May 31, 2018. If you looked for updated forms before they expired, you would…

In its recent and much anticipated Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis decision, the United States Supreme Court upheld the use of class and collective action waivers in arbitration agreements. In light of the Epic Systems Corp. decision, attached is a…

The California Supreme Court just issued a landmark decision that makes it extremely difficult for businesses to classify individuals as independent contractors. When making a decision about classification, companies previously analyzed the level of control they would exercise over the…

As soon as revelers counted down from “10” to “Happy New Year”, California officially became a “Sanctuary State.” One might think that such a designation only impacts local law enforcement, but thanks to Assembly Bill 450 (“AB 450”), employers in…

Recently, our office has received many questions regarding investigations conducted by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement’s (“DLSE”) Bureau of Field Enforcement, or “BOFE” for short. In some cases, the questions stem from a BOFE subpoena requesting that the employer…

Effective January 1, 2018, California’s New Parent Leave Act for Small Employers (SB 63) requires California employers with 20-49 employees within a 75-mile radius to provide up to 12 weeks of job-protected unpaid leave to new parents for the purpose…

On Thursday, October 12, 2017, the Governor signed Assembly Bill 168 (“AB 168”) into law, which takes effect on January 1, 2018.  AB 168 applies to all employers and specifically prohibits employers from relying on the salary history information of…

Whether your minimum wage employees are due for an increase in pay largely depends on where your business is located, how many employees you have, and where your employees actually perform their work. Apart from the federal and California minimum…