Fall 2018 New Employment Laws – Part 4 – Sexual Harassment

Fall 2018 New Employment Laws – Part 4 – Sexual Harassment

New Sexual Harassment Laws Over the past year, many prominent entertainers and public figures have been brought down by accusations of sexual misconduct. The #MeToo movement changed our culture, bringing to light issues of sexual harassment and assault left in the...
Fall 2018 New Employment Laws – Part 3 Joint Liability

Fall 2018 New Employment Laws – Part 3 Joint Liability

Fall 2018 New Employment Laws – Part 3 Now that the candy and costumes are gone, we have more updates and tweaks to California employment law to report. This week we focus on a joint liability. Yay! More ways employers can be liable for the mistakes of others. SB...
Fall 2018 New Employment Laws – Part 4 – Sexual Harassment

Fall 2018 New Employment Laws – Part 2

New Employment Laws for 2018 (Part 2) Welcome back to our New Employment Laws for 2018 wrapup and update. This post will focus primarily on hiring practices. This year, the Legislature clarifies hiring practices changes and access to sealed or expunged criminal...
Fall 2018 New Employment Laws – Part 4 – Sexual Harassment

Fall 2018 New Employment Laws – Part 1

New Employment Laws for 2018 It’s that time of year again: new employment laws for 2018. While everyone else in the state is bundling up and raking up the falling leaves, the Governor was busy signing bills. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be cutting through the...
Labor Day is NOT the End of Summer

Labor Day is NOT the End of Summer

In the Northern Hemisphere, September 22nd marks the end of Summer, not Labor Day. Many think of Labor Day as the end of Summer because many schools start just before or just after Labor Day, and the weather starts cooling off. It is also the last Federal...