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...
by Garry Tetalman | Feb 5, 2020 | Blog
AB 9, also referred to as the Stop Harassment and Reporting Extension (SHARE) Act, extends the 1-year deadline to file a Department of Faith Employment and Housing (DFEH) complaint to three years. Employees who alleged employment discrimination, including harassment...
by Garry Tetalman | Jan 7, 2020 | Blog
Do California State Laws apply to public employers? If you work in the public sector such as a public hospital, school district, fire department, mass transit, or public works agency, the state and federal labor laws may be a bit different. For example, in the private...
by Garry Tetalman | Dec 27, 2019 | Blog
As the new year approaches, here are some California workplace laws scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2020: SB 3: Minimum Wage Signed into law back in 2016 and taking effect in 2019, the next scheduled step of SB 3 will give minimum wage workers another bump as...
by Garry Tetalman | Nov 5, 2019 | Blog
Beginning on January 1st, 2020, California Assembly Bill AB 9 will give workers, what was just 1 year, three times as long to file claims alleging California employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Now, workers will have a full three years under the...
by Garry Tetalman | Oct 14, 2019 | Blog
Thanks to AB-51, companies in California can no longer require workers, as a condition of their employment, to sign away their rights to claims of discrimination, unfair pay, or sexual harassment. First, mandatory employee arbitration agreements can be more costly for...
by Garry Tetalman | Sep 19, 2019 | Blog
AB5, or Assembly Bill No. 5, was created to overhaul the “gig economy” by discouraging businesses from classifying workers as independent contractors or “gig workers”, ensuring more companies are responsible for workers’ compensation,...
by Garry Tetalman | Aug 5, 2019 | Blog
Senate Bill 826 was signed by the governor last year to balance the power for the longtime discrimination against women in the workplace. It requires publicly-held corporations with principle executive officers in the State of California to have a least one female on...
