Blogs By: Scott Shibayama, Esq.

Here’s more inside scoop from the continuing education course on employment and labor law for attorneys I recently attended. This a continuation of Part 1.  Read Part 3. Lessons learned, Part 2: Employee Documentation What am I talking about here?  I’m talking about HR Legal employee documentation.  This…Read More

If you are an employer or employer’s representative you might find the following inside scoop interesting. Recently I attended a continuing education course on employment and labor law for us attorneys.  As is typical, there was an attorney who represents primarily employees (“plaintiff’s attorneys” we…Read More

A new California law just changed the ball game for in home care for the elderly who are unable to care for themselves. What happens when your parent would like to remain in their own home but they cannot care for themselves and need someone to…Read More

Federal immigration law makes it unlawful for employers (including those in California) to hire and retain workers who are not permitted to work in the United States (including within the state of California). California law under AB 263 makes it unlawful for California employers (all…Read More

Here’s another reason for California employers to know their California minimum wage obligations and to comply with them. For a while now, a failure to pay minimum wage carried with it the penalty of having to pay not only the minimum wages owed but “liquidated…Read More

Employees may file claims for wages and other Labor Code violations either in court or before the California Labor Commissioner, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE).  If an employee elects to sue before the Labor Commissioner/DLSE, an administrative hearing is held.  The hearing is known…Read More

SB 434 amends Labor Code section 226.7 (formerly addressing rest and meal periods only) to add a new “recovery period” obligation on employers.  So like rest and meal periods, California employers are now required to provide “recovery periods.” A “recovery period” is defined as “a…Read More

Employee sues employer and wins.  Employee gets their attorneys’ fees in nearly all cases. Employee sues employer and loses, i.e. gets zero.  Employer doesn’t get their attorney’s fees in nearly all cases. One of lone exceptions to this uneven rule (as of 12/31/2013) used to…Read More

First, We Must Start With Saying This Law (And Title Of The Law) Is A Misnomer (That’s Why It’s In “Quotes”). The law provides for “Family Temporary Disability Insurance” (FTDI) which is intended to provide temporary wage replacement similar to State Disability Insurance (SDI).  Rather than for…Read More

The California legislature passed a host of new laws affecting employers in the sunny state of California.  Time to redo those budgets and employee handbooks. New Wage And Hour Laws For all California employers AB 10 increases the minimum wage to $9/hour (effective 7/1/2014) and then $10/hour (effective…Read More