Arielle advises employers on day-to-day labor and employment-related matters and defends employers in similar litigation. Arielle’s employment litigation experience includes representing companies in discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination cases, and in complex litigation such as wage-and-hour class actions and representative actions under the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”).
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Employment Law
Experienced Guidance On Employment Law For California Employers Employment law is a complex web of regulations, both state and federal and sometimes local. At , we have devoted our practice to mastering this nuanced area of law. We work...
California Labor Commissioner Proceedings
Representing Employers In California Labor Commissioner Proceedings The California Labor Commissioner's Office adjudicates claims involving wage and hour violations, child labor laws and other aspects of state employment law. As an employer, facing a Labor...
AB 673 Will Permit Employee to Keep All Penalties for Late Paid Wages
Effective January 1, 2020, employees will be able to keep all penalties, in the amount of $100 for the first violation and $200 for each subsequent violation, along with 25 % of the amount unlawfully withheld during their employment. On October 10, 2019, Governor...
New Law Imposes Obligations on California Employers When Interacting with Federal Immigration Authorities
Beginning January 1, 2018, AB 450 will regulate California employers’ interaction with federal immigration enforcement agents. The bill applies to both public and private employers and regulates access to nonpublic areas and employee records, notice of record...
Governor Codifies the “ABC Test” for Independent Contractors by Signing AB 5
On September 18, 2019, the governor signed Assembly Bill 5, which becomes effective on January 1, 2020. AB 5 codifies and expands on the California Supreme Court’s 2018 Dynamex decision which applied its so-called “ABC test” to determine whether a...
California Supreme Court Establishes New Criteria for a Worker to be Classified as an “Independent Contractor”
On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision that will affect any employer that classifies a worker as an “independent contractor,” as opposed to an employee. The Court in Dynamex Operations held that it is the...
Parties May Agree That an Arbitrator, Not a Judge, Will Decide if Their Dispute is Arbitrable
On January 8, 2019, a unanimous United States Supreme Court held in Schein v. Archer & White Sales that the parties to an arbitration agreement may agree to have an arbitrator decide “gateway questions of arbitrability,” as well as the merits of a...
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Advising and Defending BusinessesIn Labor and Employment MattersServing businesses in Sacramento and throughout California. Effective Legal Representation For California EmployersCalifornia’s complicated employment laws have caused employers to become easy targets for...