Are You Really An At-Will Employer?
Authored by Steve Holden. Published in the Sacramento Business Journal March 2013 The vast majority [...]
Employee Agreements
Severance Payments Are Taxable “Wages”
The US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that an employer’s severance payment to employees were “wages” [...]
“My Pay Stub is Wrong”
How can a minor pay stub error or omission cost an employer hundreds of thousands [...]
The Quality of Employment Agreements Matters
Employers be forewarned: The quality of your employment agreements matter. For present purposes, “employment agreements” [...]
Welcome News for Employers on Arbitration
The long-awaited decision from the California Supreme Court in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation is in, [...]
You Have More Flexibility Deducting for Partial-Day Absences Than You Thought
A new California Court of Appeal opinion provides greater clarity on an employer’s ability to [...]
Further Developments: Employee vs. Independent Contractor
The California Court of Appeals issued a ruling last week that is a win for [...]
Recovering Training Costs from Employees
In some cases the cost of training employees can be very high. Specialized schools and [...]
Federal Contractor Paid Sick Leave
You may have seen the news headlines on Labor Day that the President signed an [...]
New California Employment Laws
The legislative calendar for the year has effectively ended and the new laws for 2019 [...]