FMLA- 4 Don'ts
Employee Benefits
FMLA- 4 Don'ts

Do not penalize an employee for increasing requests for or use of, FLMLA-qualifying leave. Point-based progressive disciplinary policies (such as no-fault attendance policies) may simplify…

URGENT CA: California Employer Arbitration Agreements May Require Waiver of a Berman Hearing
Employment Law & HR Topics
URGENT CA: California Employer Arbitration Agreements May Require Waiver of a Berman Hearing

In Sonic-Calabasas A, Inc. v. Moreno (2011) 51 Cal.4th 659 (Sonic I), a California Court of Appeals ruled that it is contrary to public policy…

CA Update LAWlert: Supreme Court broadens definition of employer
California
CA Update LAWlert: Supreme Court broadens definition of employer

In California under the IWC wage orders an entity can be held part of an employer/employee relationship if any one of the following three scenarios…

PUT THE “HUMAN” BACK IN HUMAN RESOURCES: Watch your profitability & productivity soar!
Employment Law & HR Topics
PUT THE “HUMAN” BACK IN HUMAN RESOURCES: Watch your profitability & productivity soar!

I hear it from employers all the time, “What a waste of time. I’m not their babysitter. I pay them a salary what more do…