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23 Dec More Bad News for Employers: The California Supreme Court Holds That Requiring Employees to Remain on Call During Rest Breaks Renders the Breaks Invalid

Posted at 21:51h in Class Action, Employment Law

by Susana P. Solano, Esq.
In Augustus v. ABM Security Services (ABM Security), a class action filed 11 years ago and certified as a class in 2009, the California Supreme Court ruled that ABM Security unlawfully required the class of security guards to remain on...

21 Dec The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

Posted at 09:51h in Employment Law

by Robert L. Rediger, Esq.
On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) into law. The new law creates a right for an “owner of a trade secret” to bring a civil claim in federal court for the...

21 Dec Public Works Contractors Are Now Required To Pay Apprentices Prevailing Wage For Pre-employment Testing, Training, And Examinations

Posted at 08:00h in Employment Law

by Jarred S. Lieber, Esq.
Assembly Bill 1926, which was approved by Governor Brown on September 28, 2016, amends Labor Code section 1777.5 to require, in most circumstances, that apprentices who are dispatched to Public Works projects to undergo testing, training, an examination, or other...

20 Dec Court Finds Employer’s Meal Period Policy Appropriate Under the Circumstances

Posted at 08:00h in Class Action

by Susana P. Solano, Esq.
Following a bench trial of a certified class action alleging the employer failed to provide concrete mixer drivers off-duty meal periods and pay a meal period premium when the drivers opted to work during a meal period, the trial court...

19 Dec Your Business Needs Well-Written Job Descriptions ASAP

Posted at 19:49h in Employment Law

by Candice K. Rediger, Esq.
A job description that accurately reflects the essential functions of an employee’s position with a company may become the holy grail of personnel documents for an employer in employment litigation. Yet, employers all too often fail to use, or misuse...

17 Dec Calculating Paid Sick Leave for Commissioned and Exempt Employees

Posted at 00:36h in Employment Law

by Justin R. Rediger, Esq.
The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (California’s Paid Sick Leave Law) became effective on July 1, 2015, and requires employers to provide three workdays or 24 hours of paid sick leave per year to each of its employees...

01 Dec Are All Your Notices And Posters Up To Date?

Posted at 19:04h in Employment Law

by Robert L. Rediger, Esq.
All employers in California are required to post numerous notices in areas frequented by their employees. The notices are intended to inform employees of their rights under various federal and state employment-related laws. Often a federal or state agency, however,...

01 Dec Law Firm Prevails Over EEOC in Federal Jury Trial

Posted at 10:58h in Employment Law

Robert L. Rediger and Candice K. Rediger obtained a unanimous jury verdict in favor of Placer Advocacy, Resources & Choices in a case brought against it by the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) in federal court. On March 25, 2013, the EEOC filed a Complaint...

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