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Insight and analysis on issues that affect California employers

Welcome to my Monday Morning Briefings! A few years ago, in the middle of all the COVID craziness, I really wanted to find a better way to disseminate information to my clients, because the laws kept changing, the world had gone mad, and everyone would call, text, and even message me on social media trying to find out the latest legal developments. So I created this platform to try to keep you as up to date as possible with the ever changing landmines that comprise California employment law, as well as compliance tips I glean from my every day legal practice. 

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Best HR Practices

Controlling Worker’s Compensation Claims and Costs – A Refresh

An informed discussion about controlling the costs of worker’s compensation insurance begs a bit of background about the workers’ compensation framework.   This may be old news for some of you, but it bears repeating because the context here is everything. How Does Workers’ Compensation Insurance Work?  The workers’ compensation system is a compromise.   It is…

OSHA

Employers’ Obligations Increase Along with the Temperature

I received the alert below from the Department of Industrial Relations, and it seemed a good time to address the issue of heat regulations for employers.  This alert was for last week, but this coming week will be even hotter.    California has several laws that address the obligations of employers for both indoor and…

Wage & Hour

Revisiting Regular Rate of Pay (RROP) – Again

Before you all tune out, just know – the issue of Regular Rate of Pay arises when you pay non-exempt employees ANY rate beyond just their base hourly rate.   That includes extra compensation, such as bonuses, service charge income, shift differential, or differing rates of pay in the same workweek.  THAT WILL INCLUDE ANY OF…

Best HR Practices

Managing Employees in an AI Driven World

As many of you may recall, I started off my last piece on this issue in November 2025 by asking ChatGPT to answer the question – how is AI impacting the workplace?  I didn’t ask it that same question today, but I suspect it would give me a similar but slightly different answer.  That’s because…

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