The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced that its Wage and Hour Division (WHD) had recovered a record $322 million in wages owed to workers during fiscal year (FY) 2019. The WHD also set a new record for...
Employment Law Letter
The question of when and whether employees are entitled to overtime pay under federal law has often vexed private- and public-sector employers. Parts of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are opaque and antiquated, and...
A City of Los Angeles employee struck and killed a pedestrian during his commute to work. Generally, an employer isn't liable for injuries caused by an employee during his commute. However, the “work-spawned risk”...
Generally, we advise employers to keep the reasons for an employee's termination confidential. There's usually little reason to risk a defamation or misrepresentation claim or make an ex-employee any angrier than need be...
Employers are getting used to dealing with an almost constant talent search. The postrecession economic growth over the past decade has spurred employers to create more jobs, and while that would seem to be good news...
Perhaps no other subject in the workplace requires more sensitive treatment than the death of an employee. Bonds among people who work together every day can be strong, and coworkers can be left reeling from the loss of...
Deciding how to accommodate an employee's disability is always a fact-driven, situation-specific analysis. Unfortunately, there's no clear-cut test. And the analysis becomes more challenging when the employee's...
Claims for failure to provide accurate itemized wage statements have been bedeviling California employers for years. Although the statutory requirements are pretty clear, there continues to be some confusion about the...
Class certification is a critical decision in wage and hour cases. In a victory for employers, a California court of appeal recently held that class certification wasn't supported in a case brought by former employees...