A number of recent California appellate decisions reveal hidden traps that may ensnare employers in administrative proceedings involving employee claims for unemployment or workers-compensation benefits. Such proceedings typically appear routine and uncomplicated. Nonetheless, missteps in handling those routine and relatively low-risk claims can greatly increase an employer’s exposure to liability in a separate civil action alleging wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, or similar claims.Continue Reading Traps for Employers in Routine Unemployment and Workers Comp Proceedings
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San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors Severely Limits Employers’ Criminal History Checks and “Bans The Box”
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The San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has now prohibited the widely used criminal history check box for employment applications. Unless the Mayor vetoes it, the “ban the box” ordinance will become law no later than Thursday, February 13, 2014. In addition to banning the box, the new San Francisco legislation imposes a host of additional…
Upcoming Seminar: Untrained Managers and Supervisors – What They Need To Know
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Posted in Labor Law
Summary of Program
Most employers know that it is crucial to have well trained supervisors to help ensure that rank and file employees perform their jobs effectively and efficiently. However, many employers don’t realize how important it is that supervisors be trained to understand the many employment laws that govern the workplace. Untrained supervisors can…
REMINDER: The February 1, 2014 Deadline To Post Your OSHA Form 300A Is Fast Approaching
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Posted in Labor Law
By: Lizbeth West, Esq.
What is it? OSHA Form 300A is a form that summarizes the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred during 2013. The form must be posted no later than February 1, 2014 and must remain posted through April 30, 2014. Continue Reading REMINDER: The February 1, 2014 Deadline To Post Your OSHA Form 300A Is Fast Approaching
Employers are NOT Required to Post the NLRB Notice Advising Employees of Their Rights to Organize
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On January 6, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that it has decided not to seek Supreme Court review of two U.S. Court of Appeals decisions invalidating the NLRB’s Notice Posting Rule, which would have required most private sector employers to post a notice of employee rights in…