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Holiday Parties | Top 10 Dos & Don’ts for Employers
Employer Defense Attorney by Sue M. Bendavid 818.907.3220 You’ve heard the saying: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. You want to celebrate a year of company achievements. You want to reward your
Employers to Weather an Expansion in Wage & Hour Law
by Lewitt Hackman The National Weather Service predicts cooling temperatures (in the mid-70s to the mid-80s) over the next couple of weeks, which will hopefully give SoCal employers a bit of a breather from worrying
Government Shutdown & How It Affects Your Business
by Tal Grinblat & Stephen T. Holzer 818.990.2120 About 800,000 non-critical federal employees are out of the office today, and will remain out until Congress overcomes the impasse regarding the Affordable Care Act. In the meantime, the
What the Minimum Wage Hike Means for Employers
Co-author Sue M. Bendavid Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 10 on Wednesday, increasing California’s hourly minimum wage from $8.00 per hour to $9 per hour as of July 1, 2014 – and
Employers: Affordable Care Act Deadline Approaching
Employee Leave of Absence Claim Defense by Sue M. Bendavid 818.907.3220 NOTE: Per the Department of Labor as of September 13, employers must still comply with the mandates to provide notices as outlined below, but
Wage & Hour Claims: Prevailing Employers Must Prove Bad Faith to Recover Fees
by Lewitt Hackman California Senate Bill 462, providing a prevailing employer may only recover attorneys’ fees if the court finds the wage claim was brought in bad faith, was recently signed into law. But what
Wacky Employee Claims: Reasonable Accommodations for Unreasonable Requests?
by Lewitt Hackman As employment defense attorneys, we often think we’ve heard it all: every conceivable employee complaint, late-to-work excuse, and “reasonable” accommodation request. Still, from time to time, we come across an employee claim
Post-DOMA for Employers
With the dust just settling on Wednesday’s ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, and Proposition 8 federal court opinions, now is the time for employers to consider the potential impact on their
Social Media and the Workplace: Federal Court Rules Facebook Posting Does Not Violate Non-Solicitation Agreement
by Lewitt Hackman In the first holding of its kind, an Oklahoma court ruled a former employee’s Facebook posts did not violate non-solicitation agreement with prior employer. Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. (PPLSI) recently received a
Wage and Hour Trends – The Rise of the Intern
Employer Defense Lawyer Los Angeles by Sue M. Bendavid March 22, 2013 Interns. Remember the good old days when as an employer, you could expect them to arrive punctually, help out in the day-to-day operations