Legal Beagle Bagel Breakfast Congratulations on your promotion! NOW WHAT??? Going from a well-performing employee to an effective team leader requires shifts in mindset and behaviors. A new supervisor must balance a different workload, accept greater accountability, and adjust relationships with former co-workers. Join us at our next Legal Beagle Bagel Breakfast,... View Article

                          Legal Beagle Bagel Breakfast Wage & hour litigation has exploded!  Lawsuits under the Fair Labor Standards Act have increased 456 percent since 1995.  Settlements on wage and hour class action lawsuits reached $595.5 million in 2017.  California has created a system – PAGA... View Article

                          Legal Beagle Bagel Breakfast Most of the media coverage about Harvey Weinstein’s Hollywood exploits has faded, but the story still holds an important lesson for California employers. When employees perceive that the company excuses or ignores the inappropriate behavior of certain individuals, they... View Article

                          Legal Beagle Bagel Breakfast On April 30, 2018, claiming that the concept of independent contractors was harmful and unfair to workers, competitors and the public, the California Supreme Court severely restricted independent contractor relationships.  Since 1989, California had used the Borello test and the totality... View Article

LBBB April 2018 We invite business owners, managers, attorneys, and human resources professionals to attend, in person or via webinar, our monthly Legal Beagle Bagel Breakfast to learn more DSLE issues. The Labor Commissioner, sometimes referred to as the DLSE has become more active and aggressive in investigating and prosecuting claims for alleged wage and... View Article

The deck is stacked against employers! They pay third parties for damages caused by their employees. Employers also generally assume the burden of loss incurred to the company due to an employee’s negligent acts. To top it off, the law also permits, and sometimes mandates, that an employer indemnify its employee for losses incurred from... View Article

      September 2017 LBBB: My Former Employee is Competing with me. Now What? Every business has something that provides it with a competitive advantage. Often that something is confidential information, trade secrets, well-trained employees, or very loyal customers. Businesses work diligently and for many years to develop its processes, formulae, and methods of... View Article

August 2017 Legal Beagle Bagel Breakfast The Nuts and Bolts of a Wage and Hour Lawsuit Lawyers are filing thousands of wage and hour lawsuits in California based on alleged violations of the Labor Code. Employees can sue for incomplete paycheck stub information, whether or not wages were fully paid. Missed meal and rest periods... View Article

Complying With California’s Equal Pay Act And Avoiding Litigation         Thursday, July 27, 2017 - 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. *This session will be available via webinar. Increased attention has been focused on the pay gap between men and women and also among different ethnic or racial groups. As a result, California’s... View Article

LBBB: The Workplace Life Cycle of Illness or Injury     An employer must navigate a myriad of laws related to an employee’s illness or injury – sick leave, Paid Sick Leave, Workers’ Compensation, Pregnancy Disability, Family and Medical Leave and disability statutes, domestic violence protection, Paid Family Leave, etc. In this workshop we follow... View Article