Good morning, my intrepid colleagues, and welcome to my latest edition of Monday Morning Briefings. I don’t know why, but it really does feel like we are slogging through this year together. And I’m sure I join everyone when I say that my thoughts are with all the families of the victims of this weekend’s…
Cal/OSHA Revised Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS)
Good morning campers, Happy Mother’s Day to my fellow mothers of every kind, and welcome to my latest edition of Monday Morning Briefings. I did take a week off last week, which was much needed with the deluge in litigation related work. But the good news is we did hire a new associate for our…
You Are Only As Strong As Your Weakest Manager
Good afternoon, sorry about the delay again. Maybe I should just name these Monday Briefings and call it a day. I hope you had a nice holiday weekend, if you celebrate either holiday. We continue to pray for peace in the Ukraine, and I still can’t find any indication or news release that Mayor Garcetti…
Do We Include Arbitration Agreements in Employee Handbooks?
Good morning (er, afternoon?), and welcome to the latest edition of my Monday Morning Briefing. We continue to pray for peace in the Ukraine, and I can’t for the life of me figure out if Mayor Garcetti signed the order dropping the LA vaccine mandate. But like I said last week, nobody cares anymore. So…
Viking River Cruises – What We Cannot Tell From Last Wednesday’s Oral Argument
Good morning, and welcome to the latest edition of my Monday Morning Briefing. We continue to pray for peace in the Ukraine, as President Zelensky asked the Grammy audience via zoom “what is more opposite war than music?” LA CITY COUNCIL OFFICIALLY VOTES TO DROP VACCINE MANDATE – IS THE PANDEMIC REALLY BEHIND US? As…
The Oscars – A Reminder To Not Use Social Media As An Investigation Tutorial
As with last week, all remains relatively quiet in COVID-19 news, notwithstanding that we keep hearing about surges and subvariants in other parts of the world. As I reported way back the first week of March, Los Angeles City Council members voted 12 – 0 to repeal the ordinance that required many indoor venues to…
Wage & Hour Primer: Section 2802 + Cell Phones
In Cochran v Schwan Home Service, the court essentially said that the test was not about whether the employee was out of pocket additional money by using their own phone; rather, whether the employer was saving money by having the employee using their phone and not having to bear the burden of providing company phones.
Wage & Hour Primer: Section 2802 + Rising Gas Prices
Good morning, and welcome to the latest edition of my Monday Morning Briefing, and nearing the end of the third week of war in Ukraine. If you want to support the refugees in Poland who have been impacted by this war and enjoy some beautiful and delicious hamantaschen in honor of Purim this week, bakeries…
Indoor Masking; HR 4445 – Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021
Good morning, and welcome to the latest edition of my Monday Morning Briefing, and week two of the war in Ukraine. My heart and prayers go out to those brave men and women fighting for democracy, their sovereignty, their homes and their freedom. Back here in California, we did get a piece of good news…
LA County Revised Indoor Masking Policy; Accrued Vacation for EEs on Leave
Good morning, and welcome to the latest edition of my Monday Morning Briefing. I don’t know about the rest of you, but frankly, it’s hard for me to focus on anything given what is going on in Ukraine right now. I am older than most of you, and even I do not have any living…