JOINT EMPLOYER: NEW RULE A “joint employer” is when different entities exercise enough control over a worker that they have each formed an employment relationship with that worker. Thus, one worker could be an employee of multiple entities, even if those entities are not associated with one another (think, for...
California expands Paid Sick Leave to 5 Days/40 Hours California’s Senate Bill (SB) No. 616 is now law and it amends California’s paid sick leave law to expand mandatory paid sick leave from three days or twenty-four hours to five days or forty hours. The increased paid sick leave requirements take effect...
Google Must Pay Employee $1.1 million for Gender Bias Claim A jury found Google guilty of sexual discrimination and awarded Google ex-executive Ulku Rowe $1.1 million. In Rowe’s lawsuit, she alleged that the company gave higher pay to less-experienced male cohorts and that Google later denied her promotions in retaliation...
Employers: If an Employer Like Hyatt Regency Long Beach Is Fined $4.7 Million for Violating COVID-19 Right to Recall Law, You Know It is Time to Make Sure you Don’t California’s Labor Commissioner fined Hyatt Regency Long Beach $4,799,564 for failing to timely offer job positions to 25 employees who...
EMPLOYER OWNERS CHARGED WITH FELONY FOR NOT PAYING EMPLOYEES FULL WAGES Employers who underpay employees now not only face potential civil lawsuits, but in a historic move, the California Labor Commissioner and Los Angeles District Attorney have joined forces to criminally prosecute employers. Recently, the owners of a manufacturing company...
RITE AID TO FILE CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY: WHAT TO KNOW Rite Aid is in financial trouble, and with over 1000 federal, as well as a number of state-level lawsuits over allegations that the company contributed to the opioid crisis by oversupplying painkillers, etc., it is preparing to file a Chapter...
Bankruptcies: They’re Increasing Bankruptcy filings were up 17% in the first half of 2023 of 2022 numbers and the surge continues. •Chapter 11 commercial filings totaled 2,973 during the first half of 2023, which was a 68% increase compared to the first half of 2022. •Small business filings, which are...
MIND YOUR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PRACTICES The California Labor Commissioner just cited Five Wingstop fast food restaurants and their owner $3,161,606 for “wage theft” violations for 551 workers. The owner created separate corporate entities for each of his restaurants, making it seem that each restaurant was a different employer, which deprived...
NEW LAW BANNING EMPLOYEE NON-COMPETE CLAUSES (IN EMPLOYEE HANDBOOKS AND AGREEMENTS) California’s Senate Bill 699 (along with existing laws), bans (actually voids) agreements that purport to restrain an employee from competing with the employer: Existing law (Business & Profession Code 16600) states "Every contract by which anyone is restrained from...
WHAT THE CA SUPREME COURT UBER DECISION MEANS FOR EMPLOYERS Driver Adolph sued Uber Technologies, Inc., claiming employee status, not independent contractor. The issue was whether an employee who was compelled to arbitrate his or her individual claims also maintains under PAGA the right (“standing”) to pursue Private Attorney General...