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Employer Retaliation – # 1 EEOC Complaint

Protect Your Business from EEOC & DFEH Retaliation Claims In recent statistics released by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), for the fiscal year 2016, retaliation was the number one charge against employers on both the state and national levels. Nationally, retaliation took the […]

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Time for an I-9 Compliance Refresher?

I-9 Compliance The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) was established to prevent individuals who are not eligible to work in the United States from performing work. The act requires employers to complete an I-9 form for each employee within three days of hire. Employers are required to perform the following I-9 verification […]

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When is an ON-DUTY Meal Period is Permissible?

Recently, I was asked by a client if they were in compliance if they had a non-exempt employee who could not take a meal period but paid them the hour as straight time. The non-exempt employee is a shift supervisor and cannot be relieved of their duties for 30 the required minutes. My first reaction was, […]

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Do you Understand California’s Floating Holidays Rules?

California’s Floating Holidays Rules Many employers in California, as part of the paid time off benefits they provide to employees, offer a Floating Holiday. Like all paid time off granted to employees, Floating Holidays are a nice extra little gift used to promote morale and work-life balance. Many employers will grant a Floating Holiday that […]

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