Women-Owned Business

GUEST SPEAKER: MY MANAGER IS A BULLY – WHAT DO I DO?

December 28th, 2017/By Admin/In Firm Events, Uncategorized

Firm Partner Sherry Shavit will be a featured guest speaker at the 2018 PIHRA LEGAL UPDATES seminars to be held at the Riverside Convention Center in Riverside on January 9th, the JW Mariott in Los Angeles on January 17th, and the Hilton Anaheim in Anaheim on February 1st.  Ms. Shavit’s topic of discussion will be “My Manager is a Bully – What do I do?,” focusing on California law governing abusive conduct in the workplace. Read More

EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAW: LEGAL UPDATE FOR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS

December 08th, 2017/By Admin/In Blog, SBSBLOG, Uncategorized

Topics for this Month include:

– Reminders of laws that go into effect on January 1

– “Escalated” Compensation for Employees Returning from Military Leave

– Temporary Layoffs and California WARN Act

– Closely Held Corporation Owners Can be Liable as “Joint Employers”

– And more!

LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY UPDATE

The new year is rapidly approaching.  Here are a few reminders of changes that go into effect on January 1, 2018:

  • Minimum wage in California increases to $10.50 per hour for employers with 25 or less employees and $11.00 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees. 
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EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAW: LEGAL UPDATE FOR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS

November 03rd, 2017/By Admin/In Blog, SBSBLOG, Uncategorized

Topics for this Month include:

– New employment laws for 2018

– Wage and hour law employee vs. independent contractor test

– Liability for non-employee sexual harassment under the FEHA

– Leave of absence accommodations under the ADA

LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY UPDATE

There were a few bills that did not survive the governor’s veto power, but here are the employment related laws that will go into effect starting January 1, 2018, unless otherwise noted:

  • SB 63: Employers with 20-49 employees within a 75-mile radius in California will be required to provide employees who meet the CFRA requirements up to 12 weeks of unpaid parental leave within the first year of the birth, adoption or foster placement of a child.
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EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAW: LEGAL UPDATE FOR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS

October 05th, 2017/By Admin/In Blog, SBSBLOG

Topics for this Month include:

– Administrative claim waivers

– Compensability of time spent in inspections

– Being married to the boss’s daughter does not protect you

– No safe harbor for PAGA penalties for inaccurate pay stubs

– Update on employment bills sent to Governor Brown’s desk

*** I will be speaking on October 13, 2017 at the Club PIHRA event at Magic Mountain on the topic “Avoiding the Pitfalls of FLSA Misclassification.”  It should be a great event – you can sign up on PIHRA’s website! Read More

GUEST SPEAKER: AVOIDING THE PITFALLS OF FLSA MISCLASSIFICATION

September 12th, 2017/By Admin/In Firm Events

Firm Partner Sherry Shavit will be a featured guest speaker at the PIHRA GO BIG event to be held at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, on October 13, 2017.    The topic of discussion will be “Avoiding the Pitfalls of FLSA Misclassification” and will focus on the Fair Labor Standards Act requirements which are often overlooked by employers when complying with classification rules.

Ms. Shavit is a successful trial attorney who represents employers of all sizes on a wide variety of labor law matters.  Read More