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Exempt Partial Day Absences:
To Dock Or Not To Dock – That Is The Question
- Issue 4, 2005
Companion Dogs As A
Reasonable Accommodation - Issue 1, 2004
Working At Home Not Always A
Reasonable Accommodation - Issue 1, 2004
Proving “Direct Threat” Defense to Americans with
Disabilities Act Claims - Issue 3, 2003
Mitigating Measures Under the ADA:
The EEOC Issues Final Rule - Summer 2000
Supreme Court Limits ADA Coverage - Summer 1999
Beware of ADA Decisions - Fall 2001
Davis Signs Bill on Age
Discrimination - Summer 1999
Age Discrimination (AB 1599) - Fall 2002
Gender Discrimination (AB 196) - Issue 4 2003
Can A Bonus Plan Lawfully Deny a Future Bonus
To Terminated Employees? - Issue 4 2006
Special Requirements for Arbitration Agreements
- Spring 2002
EEOC Can Pursue Damages Claim Despite
Arbitration Agreement - Spring 2002
Background Checks - Fall 2002
(AB 1068 and AB 2868)
Intermittent Bonding Leave in California - Issue 3 2004
Cash Payments in Lieu of Health Insurance
- Issue 2, 2003
Cal-OSHA Appears What to Do? - Summer 2002
For Some Employees, Clothes Make the Wage- Issue 3, 2003
Inadequate COBRA Notice Bites Employer - Issue 3, 2003
Commission Plan Wording is Everything - Issue 4, 2006
Optional Commuting is not Work - Issue 4, 2006
Significant Changes To The Computer Professional
Exemption Compensation Requirements - Issue 1, 2006
Overtime Exemption For Computer "Professionals" -- Revisited - Issue 1, 2007
Computer Professionals Overtime Exception - Revisited
- Issue 2, 2003
Computer Professional Exemption Adopted - Fall/Winter 2000
Destroying Consumer Report Information - Issue 2 2005
Combating Employees’ Destruction
of Company Computer Files - Issue 3 2006
Disposal of Consumer and Employee Records - Issue 3 2005
Relief for Corporate Officers in California
Wage Claim Cases - Issue 2, 2003
Disabled Workers - Allow Them To Work
Regardless of a Safety Risk? - Summer 2000
Disabilities Reasonable Accommodation:
The Interactive Process - Summer 2001
Who's Disabled?:
California's New Liberal Definition - Fall/Winter 2000
Employer May Have to Rehire Employee Who Was
Discharged for Drug Use - Summer 2002
Disclosing Working Conditions - Beware
- Issue 1, 2003
Disclosing Wages or Working Conditions
(AB 2895) - Fall 2002
Can You Fire An Employee For
Disclosing His Own Wages - Summer 2002
Court Upholds Hot-Air Balloonist's
Discrimination Claim - Spring 2002
Do Discrimination Laws Apply Abroad? - Summer 2001
Can Firing An Employee For Angry Outbursts
Violate Anti-Discrimination Laws?- Summer 2001
Discriminatory Insults May Depend Upon Context,
Inflection, Tone of Voice, Etc. - Issue 2 2006
Domestic Partner Health Benefit Law (AB17) - Issue 4, 2003
Drug Testing - The Basics - Issue 2, 2005
A History of Violence:
Due Diligence in Hiring - Issue 2, 2006
The Supreme Court Expands the Scope
of Employer Retaliation - Issue 3, 2006
Importance of Timely Written Employment Offers
- Issue 1, 2004
New Employment Laws - Fall 2002
New Employment Laws - Winter 2000
New Employment Laws for 2002 - Winter 2002
When Can You Terminate or Change an Employment Policy?
- Summer 2000
Choose Your Attorney UnderEPLI - Issue 2 2005
Reimbursement For Necessary Expenses - Issue 1 2006
New Record-Keeping Rule for Internet Applicants - Issue 2 2006
Leave for Crime Victims to Attend
Judicial Proceedings (SB478) - Issue 4 2003
Family Medical Leave Rights – Do Your Homework - Issue 1 2001
Paid Family Leave Benefits Start July 1, 2004
- Issue 1, 2004
Hourly Pay For Exempt Employee During FMLA Leave
- Summer 2001
Paid Family Leave - Who Pays?
- Fall 2002 (SB 1661)
Suspicious FML Medical Certifications - Issue 3 2005
Electronic Form I-9 - Issue 3 2005
Have You Conducted Your Harassment Prevention Training?
– Better Late Than Never - Issue 1 2006
Health Insurance Act of 2003 (SB2) - Issue 4 2003
Distinction Between Employees And Independent Contractors
- Issue 2 2004
Independent Contractor Crackdown - Spring 2001
Employers Must Report Miscellaneous
Independent Contractors - Summer 2000
Interns and Trainees When Do They Need To Be Paid
- Issue 1, 2003
Leave Rights Not Absolute - Fall 2001
Make Up Time - Beware - Issue 2, 2003
Truck Drivers’ Meal And Rest Breaks - Issue 1, 2006
When Must Medical Examinations
of an Applicant Be Conducted - Issue 2 2005
Medical Information: Obtaining Waivers - Fall 2001
Megan's Law Website - Not For Employment Use
- Issue 1 2005
Military Leave - Issue 1, 2003
Military Leave - Fall 2001
Out of State Non-Competes May Be Enforceable
in California - Issue 1, 2003
California Daily Overtime is Coming Back! - Fall 1999
Is a Network Operation Engineer Exempt from Overtime?
An Overtime Exemption Example - Issue 2, 2006
Federal “Fair Play” Overtime Initiative –
In California – Its “No Play” - Issue 2 2004
Must An Employer Pay For Unauthorized Overtime? - Issue 4, 2005
Access to Payroll Records (AB 2412) - Fall 2002
Using A PEO - What Employers Need to Know - Issue 1 2005
Penalty for Failure to Report Serious Occupational
Injury (AB 2837) - Fall 2002
Reductions in Force (AB 2957) - Fall 2002
Reductions in Force: Be Forewarned - Spring 2001
Releases Are Not A Panacea - Issue 4, 2005
Non-Union Employees Have No Right To Representation
During Investigatory Interviews - Issue 2 2004
Sexual Harassment:
Investigate and Take Corrective Action - Summer 2000
Reminder: Mandatory Sexual Harassment Training
in California - Issue 1 2005
Anti-Harassment (AB76) - Issue 4 2003
EEOC’s Questions and Answers on
Harassment - Summer 1999
Strict Liability for Harassment:
Will it Change? - Spring 2002
Is Staring at a Fellow Employee
Sexual Harassment - Fall 2001
Jury Stings Employer in Sexual Harassment Case
- Issue 1 2005
Sick Leave Protection (SB 1471) - Fall 2002
Employer Subjected to Generalized Threats
of Workplace Violence May Seek a Protective
Injunction - Issue 3 2003
Temporary Employees: Do They Belong to You?
- Issue 3 2004
Label Your Trade Secrets or Lose Them - Fall 2002
Trade Secret Violations:
Giving Instructions to Future Employees - Issue 3 2005
Cal-WARN Makes Common Sense - Issue 1 2006
Whistleblower Actions Under Sarbanes-Oxley - Issue 3 2006
Whistleblower Protections (SB777) - Issue 4 2003
