Sep 19, 2023 | Fall 2023 Newsletters
By Laurie Nooren, SPHR, PHRca, SHRM-CP For years, California courts have allowed the practice of rounding in/out times for the day up to the nearest quarter of an hour. This was before any real technology was available that allowed employers to easily calculate hours...
Sep 19, 2023 | Fall 2023 Newsletters
By Stacey Sommerhauser, SPHR, PHRca, SHRM-SCP The courts have been busy this summer as another case was decided, this time in the area of reimbursement of expenses for employees working remotely. If you have been our client for any amount of time, you know we have...
Sep 19, 2023 | Fall 2023 Newsletters
By Jennifer L. Lippi, JD, SPHR, PHRca California Employers have long been subject to the state’s Fair Chance Act, which among other things, requires employees to wait until a conditional offer of employment is made to inquire about or consider an applicant’s criminal...
Sep 19, 2023 | Fall 2023 Newsletters
By Kate Kriner, PHRca As you may have discovered in the last few years with the huge increase in remote work, on-boarding now has some new unique challenges. One of the many challenges for employers is arranging for a physical inspection of the employment eligibility...
Jun 26, 2023 | Summer 2023 Newsletter
By Kate Kriner, PHRca The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“USICE”) has announced the inevitable end to the COVID-19 exception from the physical inspection of employment eligibility documents (i.e., social...
Jun 26, 2023 | Summer 2023 Newsletter
By Laurie Nooren, SPHR, PHRca, SHRM-CP Do you have temporary, seasonal, part-time, on-call, inactive or “as needed” employees on your payroll? We will often ask clients “how many employees do you have?” This question is asked to determine which employment laws an...
