by Cynthia Elkins | Jan 23, 2019 | News
The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) publishes posters that provide information to employers and employees pertaining to California’s civil rights laws. These posters must be displayed in the workplace. The DFEH also publishes several brochures and...
by Cynthia Elkins | Jan 11, 2019 | News
In a follow-up to our newsletter following Governor Brown’s signing of many new employment law bills, the below summarizes some of the additional new pieces of legislation impacting employers in 2019. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS – AN UPDATE The law relating to...
by Cynthia Elkins | Dec 26, 2018 | News
As a reminder, effective January 1, 2019, the state of California and many local cities and counties will have the next step in their minimum wages increase. Below is a summary of these increases. STATE OF CALIFORNIA The State’s minimum wage will increase as of...
by Cynthia Elkins | Dec 6, 2018 | News
As the holiday season approaches and as we look forward to celebrating with our friends and colleagues, employers must keep in mind the “do’s and don’t’s” of office holiday parties. With some careful planning employers can avoid or...
by Cynthia Elkins | Oct 22, 2018 | News
2019 LEGISLATION PERTAINING TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE This time of year sees not only the changing of the seasons (as much as we have seasons in California), but this time of year is when we see the many new pieces of legislation that have been signed into...
