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HAIRSTYLE DISCRIMINATION

Federal, state and local laws have long bannedworkplace racial discrimination. A recent trend seeks to expand such protections to various race-based traits, particularly certain hairstyles.

AIMEE ROSALES IS FIRM’S NEW OFFICE MANAGER

Mrs. Aimee Rosales has been promoted to the position of Office Manager. Her larger role comes after over two years of success as technical assistant for our attorneys.

ON THE HORIZON

In 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued aFinal Ruleraising the minimum salary amounts to qualify for executives, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer employees overtime exemption under theFair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It would have more than doubled the amount that employers had to pay their managers in order for them to be exempt from overtime. SeeEmployers Must Comply No Later Than December 1, 2016(May 26, 2016).

LORETTA GARDEA IS FIRM’S CLIENT SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE

Ms. Loretta Gardea has joined the firm as our client services representative.

PHONING IT IN

Employers who require workers to call in to ascertain whether they are needed for a scheduled work shift will now need to rethink this practice.

SAFETY SAFEGUARDED

California law requires most employers who have hadmore than 10 employeeson payroll during the last calendar year to keepillness and injury recordsfor each worksite. Covered employers must also conspicuously post at each worksite an annual accident and injury summary for the prior calendar year from February 1 to April 30.

VALERIE CHAVEZ IS THE FIRM’S DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION AND MARKETING

Ms. Valerie Chavez now our firm’s director of promotion and marketing.

GENEVA WHITE IS NOW A FIRM TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Geneva White has joined the firm as a technical administrative assistant.

CAUTIONARY TALES EPISODE 25 RUBBER CHECKS AND UNPAID WAGES REBOUND ON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

In another rebuke to the construction industry, theLabor Commissioner has cited RDV Construction, a Los Angeles County subcontractor, $12 million for wage theft violations involving more than a thousand workers. The Carpenters Contractors Cooperation Committee, a non-profit labor-management organization, assisted in bringing those violations to light.