Is this the way to get things done? How would you rank this negotiation? Where did H.R. go wrong in hiring this manager? How effective is this communication? Civility When Disagreements Are Intense I recently completed a series of acted scenarios for fellow lawyers in...
Don’t let your abusive boss destroy your soul. Recover your power. Restore your health. Why Your Abusive Boss Has So Much Power to Harm. We humans are wired for relationship. We survive and prosper in community. Isolate and marginalize us, and we suffer. ...
The New California Case Citation Rules of Court Pre July 1, 2016, a published Court of Appeal decision otherwise citable as law was automatically de-published upon grant of review by the California Supreme Court. A “de-published” decision cannot be cited...
Human Resources — The Legal Duty to Investigate and Take Corrective Action Good Human Resources [“H.R.”] people do good work. Many H.R. professionals are just like you and I, trying to provide the best service they can. Many are overworked and...
Waving Goodbye to Arbitration Recent federal cases clarify when a defendant employer will lose its contractual right to arbitrate. Judge Reinhardt of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals wrote for a three-judge panel that an employer waived arbitration of a class...
Proof of Discrimination – Drawing the Line on Bad Conduct Proof of discrimination is challenging but always possible. The burden of proof in a California Fair Employment and Housing [FEHA] case is by evidence showing that it is probable that discrimination was...
