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This is a recurring workplace issue that continues to surprise us.  We would think after all the sex harassment publicity it would not be a Top 10 employment and labor law issue. As a small/medium business owner, you have a target on your back.  But…Read More

Both the state and federal governments have been cracking down on independent contractor status.  They call it “misclassification” of employees as independent contractors.  In their eyes all workers are employees; none are “independent contractors.”  Essentially any worker who performs work for your business and who…Read More

California law requires an off duty unpaid meal period of at least 30 minutes for every five hours worked.  The failure to provide the meal period results in a penalty of one hour at the employee’s regular hourly rate of pay (Labor Code section 226.7 –…Read More

After years of waiting, and $millions (if not $billions) in legal fees, settlements and damages paid by California businesses, the California Supreme Court has issued its rest and meal period decision in the Brinker Restaurant case. Overview The Brinker Court fashioned practical rules somewhat favorable to employers.  The key question…Read More

A Vision Law® attorney attended the live oral argument before the California Supreme Court in San Francisco on November 8, 2011 on a case involving an employer’s obligation under California law on rest periods and meal periods. It is astonishing that the highest court of…Read More

Protecting The “Secret Sauce” The law of trade secrets has broader application than to employee relations. But the problem often arises in the employment setting, usually when a departing employee feels they can take your “secret sauce,” steal your clients and start a competing business…Read More