by Cynthia Elkins | Jul 11, 2012 | News
As employers recognize there are circumstances when employees have legitimate reasons to be absent or tardy, or employees may need to leave early to attend to personal matters. There are other times however when employers suspect that an employee’s stated reason...
by Cynthia Elkins | Jul 11, 2012 | News
Under California law, it is the general principal that each side pays its own attorney’s fees. However, many laws specifically entitle the “prevailing party” to recover reasonable attorney’s fees from the losing party. Other provisions of the...
by Cynthia Elkins | Jul 11, 2012 | News
Under California law, it has been well established that an employee who uses medical marijuana is not protected under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). Because there is no legal protection for the use of medical marijuana at work, employees may not report to...
by Cynthia Elkins | Apr 20, 2012 | News
The Department of Labor Standards Enforcement (“DLSE”) (commonly referred to as the “Labor Commissioner”) has revised the “Notice to Employee” that must be provided to newly hired non-exempt employees in accordance with the new regulations which became effective...
by Cynthia Elkins | Apr 20, 2012 | News
As we have discussed in prior editions of the Newsletter, there has been considerable controversy and legal challenges regarding the legality of the NLRB’s mandate to require all employers covered by the National Labor Relations Act, (which essentially includes all...
by Cynthia Elkins | Apr 20, 2012 | News
The California Court of Appeal upheld a jury verdict awarding $160,000 in damages and over $700,000 in attorney fees and costs to a former employee who alleged that two of her supervisors subjected her to hostile work environment sexual harassment under the California...
