Insights

November 28, 2016 by Jeffrey S. Sloan

Federal Judge Blocks New Department of Labor Overtime Rules, Including Minimum Salary Required for Exemptions

Last week, a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing its new overtime rules that were scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2016. Among other things, these new overtime rules would have required employers to pay “exempt”... READ MORE

November 11, 2016 by Jeffrey S. Sloan

California Minimum Wage Increases to $10.50 on January 1, 2017

For businesses with more than 25 employees, the state’s minimum wage will increase from $10.00/hour to $10.50/hour starting on January 1, 2017. [Note: Employers in San Francisco and Oakland (and many other municipalities), however, this new state minimum wage is still lower than the local minimum wage required by... READ MORE

October 31, 2016 by Jeffrey S. Sloan

California Court Rules that Pay Stub Need Not Include Vacation or PTO Balances

California Labor Code §226 itemizes the many pieces of information that must be contained on an employee’s wage statement. These include the gross wages earned, the total number of regular and overtime hours worked, the deductions, the net wages earned, and the legal name and address of the... READ MORE

October 3, 2016 by Jeffrey S. Sloan

California Employers Cannot Force Employees to Litigate or Arbitrate in Another State

California employment laws are some of the most pro-employee laws in the nation. That’s why so many large California employers, and their clever legal counsel, often try to get California employees to sign employment agreements that prohibit the employee from suing in this state (forcing them, instead, to... READ MORE

October 1, 2016 by Jeffrey S. Sloan

Governor Brown Signs SB 1007 Allowing Parties in Arbitration to Request Reporters for Hearings and Depositions

Last week, Governor Brown Signed SB 1007, which gives the parties to an arbitration “the right to have a certified shorthand reporter transcribe any deposition, proceeding, or hearing as the official record.” This new law requires the party who wants to the reporter make his/her/its request in a... READ MORE

September 29, 2016 by Jeffrey S. Sloan

Governor Brown Signs AB 1732, Requiring Single User Restrooms to be Available to Both Genders

Earlier today, Governor Brown signed AB 1732 which prohibits businesses from labeling a single-user restroom as either “male” or “female.” Instead, as a result of this new law which takes effect on March 1, 2017, if a business has a single-user restroom it must make that restroom available to... READ MORE

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