Specialty Group: Employment and Labor Law

By: Anthony Amendola & Melvin Felton Santa Monica will become the first city in Southern California and the fourth in the state to enact a municipal paid sick leave law. The city’s Paid Sick Leave and Minimu ...

By: Jolene Konnersman and Jessica Iglesias The California Court of Appeal, in its highly controversial opinion in Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, held that under the California Fair Employment and Hou ...

By: Brett Thomas On April 1, 2016, California employers subject to the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) will be required to comply with a plethora of amendments to the FEHA that were recently adopted by ...

BY: EDWARD S. SCHENK AND MICHAEL B. STEELE The day has arrived.  After a long wait, on May 17, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule dealing with overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standa ...