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This past weekend, Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaff warned of imminent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) activity in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Mayor Schaff’s announcement was made after ICE agents issued Notices of Inspection to approximately 77 restaurants and other businesses in Northern California during the first week of February 2018.  News outlets are reporting that more than 150 […]

On January 5, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) formally issued 17 Opinion Letters that reproduce verbatim the text of letters that were signed by the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division approximately nine years ago near the end of the George W. Bush Administration but never issued. An Official of the DOL explained that the letters had […]

California’s Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (“DLSE”) released an updated Frequently Asked Questions page for rest break compliance (“Rest Break FAQ”). The most significant revisions that employers need to know concern compliance with Augustus v. ABM Securities. We previously posted about Augustus, the December 2016 California Supreme Court decision that holds on-call rest breaks are not permitted under California law. […]

The days of uncompensated call-in shifts may be over. A California state court recently ruled that employees who are required to block off time and check-in for call-in shifts that day must be paid reporting time pay, even if the employees don’t have to physically show up for the shift. Under California law, employees who report to work for a […]

Yesterday, December 7, 2017, the Nevada Supreme Court issued a decision in Neville, Jr. v. Eighth Judicial District Court. The case addressed an issue important to all Nevada employers; namely, whether employees have a private right of action to bring a lawsuit in civil court against their employer for unpaid wages under NRS Chapter 608, or whether employees may only […]

Sutton Hague Law Corporation is proud to announce that SHLC Attorneys Evelin Y. Bailey and Wesley Carlson have been named Northern California “Rising Stars” as Top Rated Attorneys in Employment & Labor Law. Northern California Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters rating service and publication, selects outstanding attorneys from more than 70 practice areas through a rigorous, multifaceted nomination process that […]

The protections afforded to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender non-conforming individuals are increasing both at the state and federal level.  In October 2017, Governor Brown signed SB 396, which requires California employers to include training on gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation as part of its legally-mandated harassment prevention training.  On November 16, 2017, the Equal Employment Opportunity […]

California employers who use independent contractors are increasingly subject to the risk of liability based on a claim that the worker legally should be considered an employee and not an independent contractor. This is often called a “misclassification claim” –that is, the worker claims that he or she should have been classified and treated as an employee, with all the […]

Forget about asking job applicants to disclose their criminal history. In fact, don’t even put those questions on a job application. Simply having a question about an applicant’s conviction history on a job application, or considering an applicant’s conviction history before a conditional offer of employment is made, will now expose California employers to lawsuits and potential liability. This significant […]