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...
by Garry Tetalman | Jul 18, 2019 | Blog
SB 188, also referred to as the CROWN Act (Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair), is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2020. The new bill signed into law on July 3, 2019 seeks to protect employees and students from discrimination based on natural...
by Garry Tetalman | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog
High profile companies like Google, Microsoft, Lyft, and FedEx are facing lawsuits of alleged misclassification of contractors which emphasizes just how potentially problematic this could be. It’s not just big business either. They’re the cases raising...
by Garry Tetalman | May 22, 2019 | Blog
One of the most prevalent claims in the workplace is age discrimination, yet it’s one of the hardest to prove. The money awarded to plaintiffs is typically less than expected of those involving gender or religious discrimination and oftentimes fails as a...
