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...
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 regulations....
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 discrimination...
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 after a...
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...
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)...
The California Department of Industrial Relations just issued a revised fourth edition of the "Workers' Compensation Guide in California: A Guidebook for Injured Workers." This 94 page document is chock full of information employers should also know. There are two...
By Kim Silvers, SPHR-CA Minimizing Risks in Employment Terminations We receive calls everyday from employers ready to terminate employees for any number of reasons. We're their sounding board, giving them a learned ear to think out loud about the options and...
The recent US Supreme Court rulings in the cases of United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry, resulted in the elimination of a significant section of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the dismissal of a challenge to a lower court's ruling...
