March 2010 Sex Harassment Training Seminar
California law (AB 1825) requires California employers with 50 or more employees or independent contractors to provide mandatory sexual harassment prevention and investigation training to their supervisors every two years.  Newly hired supervisors who have not otherwise received this training during the preceding two year period or individuals [...]

Cal/OSHA Injury and Illness Summary
Must Be Posted February 1, 2010
Employers must provide a safe work environment for their employees.  The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970 requires some employers to prepare and maintain logs of work-related injuries and illnesses.  The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is tasked with overseeing these [...]

EEOC Reports Workplace-Related Legal Charges Approach Record High
In a January 6, 2010 press release, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) divulged the number of workplace discrimination charges filed nationwide during fiscal year 2009 (October 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009).  Cumulatively, the 93,277 charges filed in 2009 reached the second highest number in [...]

NEW EEOC POSTING REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYERS
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 21, 2009

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has revised its “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” poster to address two new federal employment discrimination laws:

The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA); and
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)

Employers covered by federal Title VII [...]

Announcing Basic Employment Law Seminar Thursday September 24, 2009

Announcing new dates for future sexual harassment seminars