by Cynthia Elkins | Oct 19, 2016 | News
In mid August, the California Supreme Court agreed to hear a case filed against Starbucks Corp. to determine whether employees can bring wage-and-hour lawsuits over short periods of unpaid time; e.g. de minimis time. The lawsuit accuses Starbucks Corp. of not paying...
by Cynthia Elkins | Oct 19, 2016 | News
The question presented to the Court in this case is whether an arbitration provision in an employee handbook is legally enforceable. In the case before the Court, the employer had an employee handbook, as most employers have these days. Also very common, the handbook...
by Cynthia Elkins | Oct 19, 2016 | News
Legislation passed earlier this year changes some of the rules relating to smoking in the workplace and expand already-existing smoke-free workplace protections. The changes were effective on June 9, 2016. Existing law prohibits employers from knowingly or...
by Cynthia Elkins | Oct 19, 2016 | News
In November 2015, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced proposed changes to the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. The Office of Management and Budget recently approved the final version of the new Form I-9, and the USCIS must...
by Cynthia Elkins | Oct 19, 2016 | News
The Division of Industrial Relations (DIR) issued a press release on August 31, 2016 announcing their on-line complaint processing system to make it easier for alleged Labor Code violations to be made…..Just what California employers need…. The press release states in...
