Employment Litigation and Legal Action California Arbitration Agreements Not Signed by Employer Are Not Enforceable The California Court of Appeals in Ortiz v. Nellson Nutraceutical, Calif. Ct. App., No. G061411…Conversations DigitalOctober 16, 2023
ComplianceEmployment Litigation and Legal Action California Employers Must Rid of Non Competes by Jan 1, 2024 Employers who require employees to sign noncompetition agreements or other restrictive covenants or seek to…Lisa ShermanOctober 10, 2023
Employment Litigation and Legal Action Employers must Accommodate an Employees’ Religious Beliefs – Unless Doing So Would “Result in Substantial Increased Costs in Relation to Conduct of…Conversations DigitalSeptember 25, 2023
Employment Litigation and Legal Action Ending Forced Arbitration to Victims of Sexual Assault and Harassment On March 3, 2022 President Biden signed into law the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual…Conversations DigitalSeptember 11, 2023
Employment Litigation and Legal Action California Employers Liable for Whistleblower Retaliation California Employers Liable for Whistleblower Retaliation (Even if the Subject Matter of the Complaint was…Conversations DigitalAugust 28, 2023
Employment Litigation and Legal Action California Employers are Not Liable for COVID Spread to Family Members The Supreme Court of California and now the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth…Conversations DigitalAugust 21, 2023
Employment Litigation and Legal Action Reimbursement of Work From Home Expenses Incurred During the Pandemic In Thai v. International Business Machines Corporation, the California Court of Appeal held that IBM…Conversations DigitalAugust 14, 2023
Employment Litigation and Legal Action First Come First Serve Grants to Small to Medium Size California Employer for Supplemental Paid Sick Leave COVID Relief Small to medium sized California employers who employed between 26 and 49 employees between January…Conversations DigitalAugust 7, 2023
Employment Litigation and Legal Action Reasons to Document a California Employee’s Personnel File The most critical advice that I give to my employer clients is to “document the…Lisa ShermanJune 20, 2023
Employment Litigation and Legal Action Employees Claiming Sexual Harassment for Mutual Sexual Conduct That Was Never Unwelcome Or Offensive To prevail on a sexual harassment claim in California, an employee must show that the…Lisa ShermanFebruary 13, 2023