Good intentions, the mother of unintended consequences, or why hurriedly made legislative sausage may cause workplace indigestion. Here are the ingredients for your culinary delight: SB 553 For Your Reading Pleasure Workplace Violence Prevention Procedures We...
My creators call me Tom Bot. I’ve been asked to inform you about some changes that will be made soon. Your ideas about how to practice law no longer align with the technology available to do many of your tasks. Some of what I say will cause alarm. That is...
The Personnel Policies Exception to a Whistleblower Complaint Employers will likely bring a “personnel records exception” to a whistleblower case on the grounds that the employee’s complaint is not grounded in a statute, regulation, or constitutional...
Anti-vaxxers are in a huff. My office is getting some insistent callers who just don’t buy the legality of mandated vaccination. These employees are clearly convinced that their personal freedom [T]rumps the public health. When I advise employees that the...
California Arbitration Restrictions Upheld by Ninth Circuit – For Now. The Ninth Circuit has delivered a wobble-legged victory to employees that may have to be carried out on a stretcher from the U.S. Supreme Court. Under employer attack is Labor Code Section 432.6. ...
