Lawsuit Prevention for Employers California law requires that all California employers maintain a written Injury and Illness Prevention Program (“IIPP”). This is intended to educate employees about the hazards associated with their workplace duties, and the procedures, training and equipment…

Lawsuit Prevention for Employers With new laws enacted every year, it is vital that employers focus on the requirements most likely to result in lawsuits. These laws almost always require the employer to pay the attorneys’ fees of the prevailing…

Lawsuit Prevention for Employers California law now includes so many job-protected leaves of absence that employers can be forgiven for asking, “can employees be required to come to work?” Many observers conclude that this trend has made employee leave of…

Lawsuit Prevention for Employers The failure of employers to properly include all information required by law on itemized wage statements forms the single most-common basis for class-action lawsuits in California. Every employer must provide an accurate itemized statement in writing,…

Lawsuit Prevention for Employers Effective January 1, 2016, California’s Equal Pay Act was amended to bring greater firepower to the state’s attack on an old nemesis: gender-based wage discrimination.  As laudable as the underlying goals of this legislation may be,…

Lawsuit Prevention for Employers Several new leave of absence laws enacted in California since 2010 have made the denial of any employee leave request a risky proposition. As a consequence, the only safe approach for employers presented with a request…

Lawsuit Prevention for Employers In This Issue:  NEW LAWS FOR 2016 California has enacted more than a dozen new employment laws, most of which take effect on January 1, 2016.  This article summarizes several provisions likely to present the greatest…

Lawsuit Prevention for Employers California employers are required by law to take reasonable measures to prevent discrimination and harassment in the workplace. This standard applies to situations involving sexual harassment, workplace intimidation, violence and all other forms of discriminatory or…

Lawsuit Prevention for Employers The problem of misclassifying employees as exempt from overtime compensation regulations is widespread in California.  It would be instantly cured, if employers had any idea of the legal exposure they invite with this common mistake. In…