There are occasions when an employer desires to contractually tie an employee to it for an extended period of time. These situations typically involve unique individuals who have special talents that cannot be easily...more
5/24/2013
Marc Santos and Geraldo Zaffa are two firefighters who filed a lawsuit against the Milpitas Fire Department for alleged age discrimination. The two men were placed on a list of qualified state and local firefighters by the...more
5/17/2013
- Age Discrimination Discrimination Hiring & Firing
Julie Gilman Veronese sued Lucasfilm Ltd. in 2009 after she was hired—and then fired—as an assistant to the estate manager at George Lucas’s San Anselmo estate. She claimed she was fired because she was pregnant....more
5/14/2013
A group of former employees of a popular vitamin and nutritional supplement store filed a lawsuit against their employer for allegedly failing to pay them for overtime hours. The suit was originally filed in July of 2011...more
5/3/2013
- Class Action Nutritional Supplements Wage and Hour Wages
In order to avoid having to dedicate time and money to an employment lawsuit down the line, it is extremely important for employers to clearly define the expectations they have for employees. Also, even small business...more
4/3/2013
- Performance Reviews Training
We have all heard the stories of the mother bear that attacks when humans wander too close to her cubs. Do humans behave any differently? According to Business Management Daily, nine out of ten employees who are terminated...more
3/29/2013
- FMLA Hiring & Firing Medical Leave Termination
To paraphrase the program hawker, ‘you can’t figure out a complicated government form without a program!’ Following its recent release of a new Form I-9, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued a new I-9 Handbook...more
3/28/2013
- DHS Handbooks I-9
On March 21, 2013, I spoke on the topic of new employment laws for the Government Affairs Committee (GAC) of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce. Also speaking to the GAC that morning was Head Deputy District Attorney John...more
3/27/2013
- Contractors Fraud
Okay, that didn’t actually happen, but absent the title, would you have read a blog post about a new government form? In any event, we will try to keep it brief: the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a new Form I-9...more
3/14/2013
- Eligibility Hiring & Firing I-9 USCIS
Following a series of minor amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) as well as approval of related regulations by the Department of Labor (DOL), the DOL has issued a new FMLA poster. The new poster is...more
3/11/2013
- DOL FMLA Notice Requirements
Wicca is a pagan-based religion growing in popularity in Europe and North America. One sign of growth can be measured by the increased number of legal decisions relating to the practices of Wiccans. The most recent of these...more
2/28/2013
- Freedom of Religion Prison Religion Wicca
Most employers know that if an employee feels as though he or she is being discriminated against or harassed in the workplace, there will be the possibility of a lawsuit. While most employers understand this dynamic, they...more
2/25/2013
- Discrimination Harassment
Well, sort of. During a recent American Bar Association conference, a representative of the Department of Labor (DOL) speaking on the issue of targeted enforcement noted that the DOL had “great interest” and “initiative” in...more
2/5/2013
- DOL
