Topics for this Month include:

– Restricting vacation pay for first-year employees

– Revised (again) I-9 Form

– DOL Asks for Comments on Overtime Exemption Rules

– San Francisco Employers Banned from Inquiring About Past Salary History

– Recent amendments to employment bills

*** I will be speaking at the California HR Conference on August 28, 2017 at the Long Beach Convention Center on the topic “To Arbitrate or Not to Arbitrate in California . . Read More

Topics for this Month include:

– ERISA exemption for church-affiliated hospitals

– Exemption salary requirement cannot include nonmonetary benefits

– FLSA Anti-Retaliation Extended to Attorneys

– Federal agencies flipping positions on wage regulations

– Update on California employment bills that still survive

On June 5, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the “church-plan” exemption in ERISA includes not only churches themselves, but also church-affiliated organizations, such as hospitals. Read More