DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS

DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS We understand the rights and obligations of both sides to ensure compliance with the law. Disability Accommodations Properly accommodating an employee’s disability can be tricky. The Nuddleman Law Firm, P.C. understands the rights and...
Disability Accommodations Require Extending Probationary Period

Disability Accommodations Require Extending Probationary Period

The Rancho Santiago Community College District learned the hard way that disability accommodations required the district to extend an employee’s probationary period. In Hernandez v. Rancho Santiago Community College Dist. an administrative assistant sued her employer...
Understanding Reproductive Loss Leave: SB 848 Explained

Understanding Reproductive Loss Leave: SB 848 Explained

California recently passed SB 848, effective January 1, 2024, introducing a significant development in employment law. This bill mandates Reproductive Loss Leave, aimed at supporting employees facing the emotional and physical toll of reproductive loss events. Here’s...
Criminal History and Changes to California’s Ban-the-Box Law

Criminal History and Changes to California’s Ban-the-Box Law

The landscape of employment laws and regulations, especially about criminal history inquiries, has seen significant shifts in recent times. California’s Fair Chance Act stands as a prominent example, aiming to provide individuals with criminal records a fair...
Training and Seminars

Training and Seminars

This has been, and will continue to be, a busy month for trainings and seminars for me. I was happy to provide the required 2-hour Sexual Harassment Prevention Training to the Tri-Valley Nonprofit Alliance members earlier this month. All employers with 5 or more...