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...
by Cynthia Elkins | Sep 26, 2018 | News
NEW PROTECTIONS AGAINST NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION The California Fair Employment and Housing Council (FEHC) recently issued new regulations that provide a more detailed definition of “national origin” and “national origin groups”. The new regulations also set...
by Cynthia Elkins | Jul 16, 2018 | News
RECENTLY PASSED LEGISLATION DEFAMATION SUITS & SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS Governor Brown has recently signed Assembly Bill 2770 entitled Privileged Communications: communications by former employer: sexual harassment. AB 2770 (Irwin; D-Thousand Oaks). This bill...
by Cynthia Elkins | Jul 6, 2018 | News
MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE REMINDER As a reminder to California employers, the next phase of the minimum wage increase, for many local jurisdictions, took effect on July 1, 2018. If your business or employees are located in certain local jurisdictions you must comply with...
