Severance Payments Are Taxable “Wages”
The US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that an employer’s severance payment to employees were “wages” [...]
Employment Litigation Issues
Avoid the Devastating Impact of Employee Claims!
Employee claims are an everyday reality for employers in California. Human resource managers in larger [...]
“My Pay Stub is Wrong”
How can a minor pay stub error or omission cost an employer hundreds of thousands [...]
Welcome News for Employers on Arbitration
The long-awaited decision from the California Supreme Court in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation is in, [...]
Further Developments: Employee vs. Independent Contractor
The California Court of Appeals issued a ruling last week that is a win for [...]
NLRB Asserts Itself on Arbitration
Over the past twenty years, the issue of enforceability of arbitration agreements in the employment [...]
New Employment Laws for 2017
Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law almost 900 of the bills passed by California’s [...]
New California Employment Laws
The legislative calendar for the year has effectively ended and the new laws for 2019 [...]
Are you ready? New legislation has dramatically expanded employer requirements for training.
Can We Return to the Rules of Civility? A young George Washington copied some advice [...]
Time Rounding Policies Are Dangerous
A recent California appellate decision and reports about it might give employers the wrong idea. [...]