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Tune your radio to 105.5 KSAC FM on Tuesday May 15 at 8:00 am for an Important Discussion about Wage & Hour Developments in California

Tune in to Sacramento’s Money 105.5 FM, on Tuesday May 15th at 8 a.m. and join Weintraub labor & employment attorney and SEAC Board Chair, Beth West, and SEAC Board member and radio host, Tom Bone, as they discuss recent wage & hour developments that California employers MUST know in order to stay out of trouble.    

Beth and Tom’s discussion will be a brief summary of the more extensive information employers can obtain at SEAC’s upcoming Half Day Spring Seminar on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at Sac State’s Alumni Center.  This CAN’T MISS event for California employers will feature a panel of expert employment attorneys and a Sr. Deputy Labor Commissioner who will give employers some of the "inside scoop" directly from the Labor Commissioner’s Office.  

We hope you can tune in at Money 105.5 FM or Online at: www.smallbiztalkradio.com

For more info and to sign up for the May 22nd seminar, click here 

By: Chelcey E. Lieber

Attendance at work seems like an obvious requirement to keep a job, right? The unfortunate answer often given by lawyers to that question is, “it depends.” In the employee-friendly state of California, permitting telecommuting or exemptions to an attendance policy may be a reasonable accommodation if a person has a disability. However, recently, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed that predictable attendance can be an essential function of certain jobs; in this case, the job of a neo-natal intensive care unit (“NICU”) nurse.

Continue Reading Is Compliance with an Attendance Policy an Essential Function of the Job? The Ninth Circuit says “Yes!”

Thursday, May 17, 2012
9:00 a.m. – Registration and Breakfast
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Program
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor, Sacramento, CA

Can You Keep a Secret?

From trade secrets like product recipes and algorithms to confidential details about financing, customers and costs, all businesses have information that could be devastating if it were to fall into a competitor’s hands.

By attending this free seminar presented by our intellectual property experts, you will discover the ways employers must designate and guard proprietary information to ensure legal protection of this most critical asset.

Things You Will Learn

• Steps you can take to protect confidential information
• How to draft and enforce confidentiality agreements
• What “noncompetition protection” is and whether it is available to your business
• What to do when a competitor obtains your protected information
• What policies you must have
• What “venue provisions” are and why they are more important than ever

RSVP TO:

Ramona Carrillo
Email: rcarrillo@weintraub.com
Telephone: (916) 558-6046

Thursday, May 17, 2012
9:00 a.m. – Registration and Breakfast
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Program
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor, Sacramento, CA

Can You Keep a Secret?

From trade secrets like product recipes and algorithms to confidential details about financing, customers and costs, all businesses have information that could be devastating if it were to fall into a competitor’s hands.

Continue Reading UPCOMING SEMINAR: Protecting Trade Secrets – How to Manage Employee Use of Proprietary Information

By: Brendan J. Begley

The California Court of Appeal this week provided a shield to employers against attacks left open by the state Supreme Court’s momentous decision earlier this month concerning meal and rest periods. The appellate court in Kinecta Alternative Financial Solutions Inc. v. Superior Court (Malone), No. B235491, decided that a trial court in Los Angeles should have dismissed class-action allegations in a meal-and-rest-period lawsuit.

Continue Reading Closing The Gap Left By Brinker RE Meal-And-Rest-Period Class Actions