Specialty Group: Employment and Labor Law

By Professor Andrew Stewart, Legal Consultant and Shauna Roeger, Law Clerk It is generally accepted that where a contract of employment has no agreed duration and makes no provision for termination, the common law will ...

By Dayna M. Steinfeld The general rule in employment law is that employees can be terminated from employment without reason or cause, so long as employers provide proper notice of termination, or pay in lieu of notice. ...

By Steven M. Schneider and Jessica Iglesias The Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently issued its final rule concerning the controversial “persuader rule” that greatly expands employers’ obligations under t ...

By Brett Thomas Joining the ranks of five other municipalities in California (including Santa Monica), the city of Los Angeles recently enacted a new paid sick leave ordinance that imposes requirements more stringent th ...