Modifications Are Permissible Under the California Rule -
In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court held that changes made to the County Employees’ Retirement Law, known as CERL, by pension reform measures...more
The CalPERS Board of Administration will not consider whether to establish the Tracy Fuller decision as a CalPERS precedent, we have confirmed. While the decision to not pursue Fuller as a precedential decision is welcome...more
6/6/2019
/ CalPERS ,
Employee Benefits ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Pensions ,
Public Employees ,
Public Pension ,
Retirement Plan ,
State and Local Government ,
Third-Party
As expected, the California Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court’s holding in Cal Fire Local 2881 v. California Public Employees’ Retirement System et al., concluding that the plaintiffs did not have a vested right to...more
3/8/2019
/ CA Supreme Court ,
CalPERS ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Pensions ,
Public Employees ,
Public Pension ,
Retirement Plan ,
Service Credits ,
State and Local Government ,
Vested Rights Doctrine
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed legislation that would have imposed significant liability on CalPERS employers for errors in their CalPERS reporting which result in post-retirement pension reductions....more
10/3/2018
/ Beneficiaries ,
CalPERS ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Employee Benefits ,
Governor Brown ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Overpayment ,
Pensions ,
Public Employees ,
Public Pension ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retirement Plan ,
State and Local Government
It’s a big litigation year for California pensions.
The California Supreme Court ruled last month that San Diego’s landmark pension cutback legislation, Proposition B, was illegally placed on the 2012 ballot because city...more
8/17/2018
/ 401k ,
Appeals ,
CA Supreme Court ,
CalPERS ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Employee Benefits ,
Pensions ,
Public Employees ,
Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) ,
Public Pension ,
Retirement Plan ,
State and Local Government ,
Vested Rights Doctrine
Best Best & Krieger Labor & Employment attorneys discussed new legislation and case law impacting California employers - private and public.
What Was Discussed
-Legislation passed in 2017
-Wage and hour...more
6/22/2018
/ Contractors ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Discrimination ,
Drug Testing ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Application ,
Employment Litigation ,
Executive Compensation ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay Act ,
FEHC ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Injunctions ,
Investigations ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Commissioners ,
Medical Leave ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
On-Call Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Popular ,
Public Agencies ,
Public Employers ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Retaliation ,
Retirement Plan ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sanctuary Cities ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Special Districts ,
Subcontractors ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Levy ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Withholding Allowances ,
Withholding Requirements ,
Workplace Safety
To ensure adequate staffing levels while responding to recent natural disasters in California, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System has modified the 960-hour limitation related to retired annuitants employed in...more
2/22/2018
/ CalPERS ,
Emergency Response ,
Employee Benefits ,
Executive Orders ,
Natural Disasters ,
Pensions ,
Public Agencies ,
Public Employees ,
Public Pension ,
Retirement Plan ,
Wage and Hour
Two new California laws could result in costly fines to public agency employers who fail to adhere to the specified requirements. Assembly Bills 1487 and 1309 both went into effect Jan. 1....more
Following a CalPERS audit of the Town of Truckee, Calif. about three years ago, CalPERS determined that merit pay was not PERSable because it was only offered to employees who had reached the maximum on their salary ranges....more
Best Best & Krieger LLP Partner Isabel Safie recently represented two special district clients in mitigating potential negative impacts related to CalPERS findings....more
A Practice or Policy without Clear Legislative Intent Does Not Create Implied Contractual Right to Retiree Health Benefits -
A federal appellate court has affirmed a U.S. District Court’s decision to grant Orange...more
It is estimated that nearly half of American employees do not have access to retirement plans sponsored by their employers. President Obama announced in his State of the Union address that he would be ordering the Department...more
Long-Awaited Guidance Details Requirements for Employing CalPERS Retirees -
The rules on employing retirees of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) have been subject to numerous changes in the...more
However, the Vested Rights Doctrine Proves Fatal to Core Pension Reform Measures -
A tentative decision on the legal challenges to the City of San Jose’s pension reform measure, Measure B, was released late last month....more
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that the Defense of Marriage Act’s (DOMA) definition of marriage is unconstitutional. The Court's decision and the decisions allowing same-sex marriage to resume in California will have...more
7/2/2013
/ DOMA ,
Employee Benefits ,
Equal Protection ,
Estate Tax ,
Health Insurance ,
Hollingsworth v Perry ,
Income Taxes ,
Proposition 8 ,
Retirement Plan ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
US v Windsor