Click here to subscribe to our Bowles Law e-letter
Click here to subscribe to our Bowles Law e-letter
In 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a “Final Rule” more than doubling the minimum salary amounts for certain workers –administrative,executive, andprofessional, employees, as well as “h...
READ MORENewLabor Code 2750.3(d), effective January 1, 2020 as part of Assembly Bill (AB) 5, exempts real estate licensees, regulated under the Business & Professions Code (B&P), from the strictDynamexABC test...
READ MORECaliforniaLabor Code section 515.6exempts certain licensed physicians and surgeons from overtime compensation if they receive set minimum hourly compensation. Effective January 1, 2020, theCalifornia ...
READ MOREArbitration is a form of private dispute resolution that takes the place of a lawsuit and court trial. Arbitration has many business-related advantages, including a more efficient, less-public proces...
READ MORETargets of workplace discrimination, harassment and retaliation prohibited by California’sFair Employment and Housing Act(FEHA) now have three years (up from the previous one year) to file a claim wit...
READ MORESince 2002, California has required employers to provide their lactating employees with reasonable time and adequate space to express breast milk. Effective January 1, 2020,Senate Bill (SB) 142requir...
READ MOREThe hottest California employment question of late: do independent contractors still exist? The California Supreme Court’s 2018Dynamexdecision turned independent classification on its head, imposing ...
READ MORECalifornia lawrequires employers with 15 or more on payroll to provide paid organ donor leave to any employee undergoing such procedures.
READ MOREIt seemed like a good idea at the time: the rapid growth of Uber-style “gig economy” business models ostensibly offering a win-win of worker freedom and consumer convenience. Yet, California governmen...
READ MORE