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EEOC Busy: Focus on Sexual Harassment

HRWatchdog

The EEOC continues to collect money from employers in lawsuits and settlements for sexual harassment. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been busy! The employer must pay $3.2 The employer must pay $3.2 including two in Southern California. Lipnic, in a press release.

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How to Handle Workplace Investigations: A Guide for California Employers

Zenefits

In addition, employers have to contend with a state legislature that has been quite active of over the past several years. They also have to content with a regulator, the California Industrial Welfare Commission, whose regulations have the force of law. Ignoring complaints has led to expensive legal actions for employers.

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Governor Signs New Employment Laws for 2019

HRWatchdog

Governor Jerry Brown signed several key employment law bills that businesses need to be aware of for the coming year. With a few strokes of his pen on September 30th, 2018, the last day to sign or veto bills, Governor Jerry Brown altered the landscape for California employers in a number of significant ways. Senate Bills.

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Governor Newsom Signs New 2020 Employment Laws

HRWatchdog

Employers need to be aware of a few significant new 2020 employment laws that may affect their daily business operations, policies and employees. AB 9 is a repeat of 2018’s AB 1870, which Governor Jerry Brown vetoed. In 2019, the California Legislature and Governor Newsom enacted 870 bills. Superior Court of Los Angeles.

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New California Employment Laws Affect Businesses in 2018 and Beyond

HRWatchdog

Several new laws will affect California employers’ daily operations and policies in 2018 and beyond. The California Chamber of Commerce today released the list of new employment laws scheduled to take effect in 2018 and beyond that will affect California employers’ daily operations and policies.

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My conversation with the lawyer who, IMHO, just earned the biggest employment law win of 2018.

The Employer Handbook

By Chris Potter (Flickr: 3D Judges Gavel) [ CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, I blogged here about the most important employment law decision of 2018. But, in the bigger picture, how much of a game changer is this for victims of a hostile work harassment? It’s a case called Minarsky v.

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My conversation with the lawyer who, IMHO, just earned the biggest employment law win of 2018.

The Employer Handbook

By Chris Potter (Flickr: 3D Judges Gavel) [ CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, I blogged here about the most important employment law decision of 2018. But, in the bigger picture, how much of a game changer is this for victims of a hostile work harassment? It’s a case called Minarsky v.