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Associational discrimination occurs when someone is discriminated against because of their relationship with another person.  Generally, this type of discrimination occurs in one of two situations: Associational Discrimination: an employer discriminates based on the...

While California has no legal requirement for an employer to provide its employees with either paid or unpaid vacation time, if an employer does have an established policy to provide vacation, then the employer must follow certain rules and regulations that govern the...

At the beginning of each new year, the California State Legislative Branch enact a number of new laws, rules and regulations that affect most every employer and employee in our state. Here of the most pertinent laws that went into effect on January 1, 2023 and one...

There is a presumption under California law that all employees are non-exempt employees.  What this means is that these employees are exempt from certain California Labor Code requirements including the payment of overtime, meal and rest breaks, as well as the payment...

The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) is the primary law that provides employees with protection from discrimination, retaliation and harassment in employment.  FEHA provides protection from discrimination, retaliation and harassment in all terms and...

As many have probably heard, Twitter was recently sued for purportedly not giving its employees sufficient advance notice of a mass layoff following Elon Musk’s recent purchase of the company.  In early November, several former employees of Twitter brought a...

As we approach the end of the year, it is time to begin looking at some of the new California employment laws which will go into effect in 2023.  Below are of some of the changes affecting California employees and employers early next year: Retaliation in Emergency...

The goal of any blog, including an employment law blog, is to write something topical. At present, the most topical issue is Chris Rock being slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscar’s. Does this incident present any issue of employment law worth discussing? Yes, it...

California wage and hour laws mandate that companies cannot require employees to work “off-the- clock” without monetary compensation. Working “off-the-clock” means that an employee does work for his or her employer, with the company’s knowledge, but without receiving...

In response to the growing #MeToo movement throughout the United States, in 2018, the California legislature passed legislation designed to limit the non-disclosure provisions in settlement agreements to resolve lawsuits involving allegations of sexual harassment in...