by Garry Tetalman | Apr 30, 2025 | Blog
Did You Know? California Enforces Worker Rights With Major Citations In April 2025 In April 2025, California’s Labor Commissioner’s Office took action to protect workers by issuing citations to employers found violating wage and workplace laws. These actions are part...
by Garry Tetalman | Mar 28, 2025 | Blog
What Workers Should Know About the Paycheck Fairness Act (Reintroduced March 25, 2025) On March 25, 2025, lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7), a federal bill designed to strengthen protections against wage...
by Garry Tetalman | Feb 26, 2025 | Blog
Federal Court Blocks Enforcement Of Anti-DEI Orders: What Employers Need To Know (February 2025) On February 21, 2025, a federal district court in Maryland issued a significant ruling blocking enforcement of the majority of a set of controversial Executive Orders...
by Garry Tetalman | Jan 1, 2025 | Blog
New Employment Laws Effective January 1, 2025: What Employers Must Know As January 1, 2025 arrived, employers nationwide faced a wave of new employment law requirements that took effect at the start of the year. These changes affect everything from wage rates and paid...
by Garry Tetalman | Dec 18, 2024 | Blog
December 2024 NLRB Decision Raises the Bar on Unilateral Workplace Changes On December 10, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a high-profile decision that made it harder for unionized employers to make unilateral changes to workplace rules and...
by Garry Tetalman | Nov 18, 2024 | Blog
Why Employers Should Pay Attention to the November 15, 2024 DOL Salary Threshold Ruling On November 15, 2024, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed increase to the overtime salary threshold for exempt...
by Garry Tetalman | Oct 31, 2024 | Blog
What California Employers Should Know After the October 30, 2024 Employment Law Update On October 30, 2024, employment law attorneys across California gathered online for a widely attended webinar on New California Employment Laws and Recent Developments. The program...
by Garry Tetalman | May 8, 2020 | Blog
Amazon.com Inc., a U.S. conglomerate technology company based in Seattle, Washington has agreed to pay $11.132 million to settle claims it underpaid an estimated 200,000 of its California non-exempt, hourly paid, warehouse workers when they forced them to stand in...
by Garry Tetalman | Apr 13, 2020 | Blog
As COVID-19 continues to spread across California, so do the lawsuits against essential business owners. Allegations of unsafe working environments and a lack of precautions to protect employees from this disease are growing. With requirements from the California...
by Garry Tetalman | Mar 30, 2020 | Blog
On March 20, 2020, as the COVID-19 cases started to climb in California, The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), released its COVID-19 Guidance Information as a FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions). It answers many concerns in the workplace that have come...
