October 15th, 2015/By Admin/In Blog
This employment law update is brought to you by Firm Partner Sherry B. Shavit.
The year 2015 was not the worst, but not the best, year for employers in California. Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a number of bills that private employers should be aware of, the majority of which go into effect on January 1, 2016:
- SB 358 – Equal Pay Amendments: California’s Equal Pay statute (Labor Code §1197.5) has been amended to become “the strongest equal pay law in the nation,” according to Governor Brown.
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Firm Partner Tim Lake and Senior Associate William Brenner recently prevailed on a motion for summary judgment in a bad faith case where the insurance company was accused of wrongly denying coverage on a damaged gas tank. The plaintiff, a Riverside County gas station, made a claim related to a pinhole leak in one of its two 15,000 gallon gas tanks. The tank developed a pinhole leak as a result of settling onto a sharp rock which had been left in the pit area when the tank was installed. Read More
Welcome to Tharpe & Howell, LLP’s updated website! While continuing to provide quality legal services to clients throughout California, we also wanted to give our website the same level of professional care. So over the past few months, we have been working on creating a new website design and are extremely excited to now see it go live.
As you navigate through our site, I’m sure you will notice that things don’t look like they used to. Read More
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August 19th, 2015/By Admin/In Blog
In 2006, the California Supreme Court agreed to decide an issue of great importance to California employers by granting review in the case Murphy v. Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.
The case involved a misclassified store manager that included a claim for meal and rest period payments pursuant to Labor Code §226.7. At the Court of Appeal stage, it was held that the payment of missed meal periods was a wage rather than a penalty so that a three-year rather than a four-year statute of limitations applied. Read More
