E-Update | Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP

Paul, Plevin's E-Update provides comprehensive legal analysis of the latest developments in labor and employment law.

July 13, 2015 California Paid Sick Leave Law Amended and Clarified

The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 took full effect on July 1, 2015. It requires employers to provide paid sick leave to employees who work 30 or more days in California in a calendar year. The new bill signed yesterday amends ...

July 1, 2015 Proposed Changes to FLSA White Collar Exemptions Likely to Have an Impact in California

On Tuesday the Obama administration proposed changing the regulations governing the so-called "white collar" exemptions for executive, administrative and professional employees under the federal wage and hour law, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLS...

May 31, 2015 Supreme Court: Title VII Discrimination Does Not Require Request For Accommodation

The Supreme Court ruled today that an employer may be liable under Title VII for failing to accommodate a religious practice, even if the employer does not actually know that the employee or job applicant needs an accommodation.

May 20, 2015 Los Angeles Minimum Wage to Rise to $15 an hour

On Tuesday the Los Angeles City Council voted to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. Los Angeles will join San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland as California cities with minimum wages higher than both the federal and state minimu...

May 5, 2015 Employers That Prevail in Discrimination Cases Are No Longer Automatically Entitled to Recover Costs

It has long been the rule in California that the prevailing party in a discrimination or harassment claim under the Fair Employment and Housing Act is entitled to recover costs. A prevailing plaintiff is also entitled to automatically receive an ...

April 9, 2015 Settlement Agreements Under Fire

On Wednesday, the Ninth Circuit questioned the validity of a settlement agreement in which a doctor agreed not to ever seek re-employment with the defendant or any successor or contractually-related entity. Similar "don't darken my doorstep" clau...

April 5, 2015 California Adopts New Leave Regulations

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has amended the regulations interpreting the California Family Rights Act ("CFRA"), California’s version of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. The regulations are effective July 1, 2...

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