Dec 22, 2014 | Fall 2014 Newsletters
By Kim Silvers, SPHR-CA In a stunning reversal of a National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) 2007 decision, the Board ruled earlier this month that employees who use company email must be permitted to use it for union organizing and group discussions about terms...
Dec 18, 2014 | Fall 2014 Newsletters
by Susan Breslauer, SPHR-CA As you know, California’s new paid sick leave law (AB 1522, also known as the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014) was signed by Governor Brown in September. The most critical part of the law requiring employers to grant...
Dec 18, 2014 | Fall 2014 Newsletters
by Kim Silvers, SPHR-CA Independent contractors are becoming a dying breed in these United States. We’ve seen several cases this year where individuals have been found to be misclassified as independent contractors. The back taxes and penalties (think FICA...
Sep 29, 2014 | Summer 2014
By Kim Silvers, SPHR-CA The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (AB 1522), that will be effective July 1, 2015, will require just about all California employers (private and public sectors with one or more employees) to accrue paid sick leave for all...
Sep 29, 2014 | Summer 2014
By Jennifer L. Lippi, J.D. A recent California Supreme Court decision places California employers who pay commissions in another wage and hour dilemma. In the often used “inside sales” exemption classification the CA Supreme Court ruled that all...
