Approximately three weeks ago, we reported that Judge Berly A. Howell, granted fired NLRB Board Member Gwynne A.Wilcox’s motion for summary judgment and reinstated her as a Board member. This decision restored the NLRB’s...more
3/31/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Judicial Authority ,
NLRB ,
Quorum ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Trump Administration
With employment lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny on the rise, staying ahead of employment law compliance risks is critical. California employers face unique challenges as the Golden State continues to lead the nation in labor...more
1/22/2025
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
California ,
Crisis Management ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Diversity ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Natural Disasters ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Remote Working ,
State Labor Laws ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
The California legislature is never dormant when it comes to enacting new laws for California employers. This year, the statutes are less numerous than most other years, but there are still some important new changes that all...more
11/12/2024
/ California ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRB ,
State Labor Laws ,
State Legislatures ,
Wage and Hour
Join us for a comprehensive, complimentary webinar on November 20, 2024, from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. (Pacific), presented by CDF Partners Mark S. Spring and Nicole Legrottaglie Wohl. This “Year in Review” session will cover the...more
10/31/2024
/ California ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Driver's Licenses ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Reform ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
NLRB ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
State Labor Laws ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions ,
Vacation Leave ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars
In October 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its new Final Rule addressing and expanding the proper standard for determining joint employment status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This was...more
3/11/2024
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Franchises ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Reform ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
Bloomberg Law reported earlier today that the Equal Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) reached a settlement for $365,000 with iTutorGroup, Inc. after the federal agency filed a complaint against the employer alleging that its...more
In 2021, in Duvall v. Novant Health, a North Carolina jury awarded a former white Novant Health executive over $3 million dollars in actual damages based on race discrimination allegations centering around assertions that...more
Join us for a complimentary thirty-minute webinar (plus questions) featuring Partner Alison Tsao, Chairperson of CDF’s Diversity Committee and Partner Mark S. Spring, Chairperson of the Sacramento County Bar Association’s...more
7/6/2023
/ Affirmative Action ,
College Admissions ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Diversity ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Protection ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Webinars
In September of 2022, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1162 into law. That law creates and expands upon a number of obligations for California employers, including:
- Requiring all California employers with 15 or more...more
2/2/2023
/ California ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Contractor ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Transparency ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statutory Requirements ,
Webinars
Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued two important decisions that California employers should be aware of:
NLRB Adds Consequential Damages to Its Weapons Cache -
On December 13, the...more
In ten days, on October 31, 2022, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two very important affirmative action education cases. In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College (Harvard), the plaintiffs...more
10/27/2022
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
College Admissions ,
Disparate Impact ,
Diversity ,
Educational Institutions ,
Equal Protection ,
Harvard University ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Oral Argument ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Violations ,
Students ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VI
On November 15, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. (Pacific Time), CDF Partners Mark S. Spring and Alison Tsao will be presenting our annual complimentary "Year in Review" webinar that will cover 2022's new laws, key judicial...more
10/17/2022
/ Bereavement Leave ,
California ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
DFEH ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Family Medical Leave ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Mandatory Arbitration ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Data ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars
Thanks to powerful lobbying, last week the House of Representatives introduced a new bipartisan bill, the Worker Flexibility and Choice Act (the “Act”). This bill provides for a new classification of workers in between...more
7/25/2022
/ California ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Freelance Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Reform ,
Misclassification ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
CDF Labor Law has designed a series of complimentary webinars on employment-related topics specifically designed for our friends and colleagues in the healthcare industry. CDF’s Healthcare Education Week will run October 4-8,...more
9/7/2021
/ Best Practices ,
Cal-OSHA ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Diversity ,
Employee Retention ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Hospitals ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Internal Investigations ,
Labor Regulations ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Off-The-Clock ,
Over-Time ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Remote Working ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Social Justice Issues ,
Time-Off Policies ,
Unions ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars ,
Workplace Safety
Since April 2018, when the California Supreme Court issued its Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, 4 Cal. 5th 903 (2018) decision, which radically changed the way in which courts differentiated between an...more
1/15/2021
/ ABC Test ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Dynamex ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Freelance Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Misclassification ,
New Legislation ,
Retroactive Application ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Businesses across the country are cutting ties with workers who took part in last week’s insurrection at the United States Capitol. Employees are being identified through news videos as well as photos and blogs that they...more