Mar 19, 2014 | News, Winter 2013/2014 Newsletters
By Jennifer L. Lippi The P3 Initiative: What you should know In 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a new regulatory strategy called “Plan, Prevent and Protect” (which has been dubbed the P3 Initiative). According to the DOL, the goal of the new...
Mar 19, 2014 | Winter 2012/2013 Newsletters
By Kim Silvers, SPHR-CA What are the revisions in Federal Exempt Classifications? On March 13, 2014, President Obama issued a memorandum to the Secretary of Labor instructing her to “propose revisions to modernize and streamline the existing overtime...
Mar 19, 2014 | Winter 2013/2014 Newsletters
Employee wins round two By Jennifer L. Lippi A California employer is stinging from a reversal in a trial court’s summary judgment ruling that a termination for unsatisfactory performance was defensible enough to withstand the employee’s charge of age...
Dec 5, 2013 | Fall 2013 Newsletters
By Kim Silvers, SPHR-CA A few recent California court of appeal decisions have us shaking our collective heads over the extended liability employers have for employees who are off the job and off company premises. We’ll begin with a situation that occurred...
Dec 5, 2013 | Fall 2013 Newsletters
We are receiving an increasing number of inquiries from California business owners on the compensation insights and trends for 2014. We’re pleased to see the interest from and the ability for employers to finally begin to consider recognizing employees with...
Dec 5, 2013 | Fall 2013 Newsletters
By Christopher W. Olmsted It turns out that your Human Resources Director’s anxiety over possible labor agency audits is not mere paranoia; the government really is out to get you. The California labor agency, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE)...
