Summary of Program

Employee policy handbooks are essential for employers in today’s litigious environment. While preparing the handbook and consistently enforcing the policies contained therein may take time and money, it is time and money well spent. Why?  Because the enforcement of effective policies and procedures contained in a carefully prepared and customized handbook can

Last month this blog reported on an ordinance passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors that would ban the use of criminal history checkboxes from employment applications for employers in San Francisco.  Employers statewide should note, however, that a new law became effective January 1, 2014 that adds further limitations on what information an

Section 1514A of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act states that:

“No [public] company . . . , or any officer, employee, contractor, subcontractor, or agent of such company, may discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or in any other manner discriminate against an employee in the terms and conditions of employment because of [whistleblowing or other protected activity].”

Join Weintraub Tobin’s attorney Beth West who will be speaking at the South Placer EAC’s seminar on Tuesday, March 18, 2014.

The Topic:

The Importance of Conducting an HR Audit Before You Get Audited

Time:

12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Location:

Roseville Connections/EDD

115 Ascot Drive, Suite 180

Roseville, CA 95661

For additional information and

On February 25, 2014, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Escriba v. Foster Poultry Farms, Inc., holding that employees who affirmatively decline to take FMLA leave do not have the protections of FMLA.  Maria Escriba worked in a Foster Poultry Farms, Inc. (Foster Farms) processing plant in Turlock, California for 18