Let’s Keep the Workplace Working
Cook Brown works with employers to develop optimum and creative strategies for defending against employee claims in jury and bench trials in state and federal courts, before administrative tribunals (such as the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, and National Labor Relations Board; the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing and Labor Commissioner; and Fed-OSHA and Cal-OSHA), and in court-ordered or private arbitration.
In Huerta v. CSI Electrical Contractors, a decision focusing on the construction industry, the California Supreme Court provided guidance on whether time spent waiting for a vehicle inspection is compensable and whether time spent driving to a remote site after the inspection should be paid as compensable travel time.
Many California employers have adopted arbitration agreements to resolve their workplace disputes. Such agreements are enforceable in California so long as their terms are ...
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Virtually all California employers must have a workplace violence prevention plan in place by July 1, 2024. Cal/OSHA's model plan offers a starting point for creating a ...
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While employers hope every employee hired enjoys a long, productive relationship with the employer, almost every employee ultimately leaves employment. The end of employment ...
[Read more] about All Good Things Must Come to an End – Handling Final Pay for Employees
