by Jennifer Brown Shaw and Brooke Kozak | Nov 19, 2019 | Publication
A raft of new employment laws take effect on January 1, 2020. To help employers prioritize the many required changes to policies, forms, and procedures, we provide a non-exhaustive list of matters requiring employers’ attention by year’s end. This discussion may not...
by Jennifer Brown Shaw and Trish Higgins | Oct 22, 2019 | Publication
This article is Part 2 of a two-part series providing an overview of recent California Supreme Court decisions in employment law. We continue below with brief summaries of the California Supreme Court’s key employment law opinions during the past year. We also...
by Jennifer Brown Shaw and Trish Higgins | Oct 18, 2019 | Publication
This article is Part 1 of a two-part series providing an overview of recent California Supreme Court decisions in employment law. The California Supreme Court issued several decisions during the past year that may affect California employers. We summarize the most...
by Jennifer Brown Shaw and Megan Donaghey | Sep 24, 2019 | Publication
News media recently highlighted workplace raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE). Employers should know, however, that workplace raids affect far fewer employers and employees than another of ICE’s compliance enforcement methods: the Form I-9...
by Jennifer Brown Shaw and Eric J. Glassman | Sep 11, 2019 | Publication
Changing laws and new court decisions have made it difficult for employers to understand when it is lawful to rely on salary history to set compensation. California passed a law in 2017, only to amend it a year later. A federal appellate court issued a ruling...
by Jennifer Brown Shaw and Alayna Schroeder | Aug 26, 2019 | Publication
Human resources professionals may shudder at the sound of an “audit.” For starters, it is difficult to make available the time and personnel needed for day-to-day work. And what if the audit uncovers “bad news?” To answer the second question first, it is far better...
