Good morning, welcome to my latest edition of Monday Morning Briefing. I am conducting a Webinar this morning on the topic of Tip Pooling hosted by the folks at KickFin at 11am today, so I need to type in record time, let’s see if I can do this. So I am going to make this…
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Upcoming Adolph v Uber Oral Argument; Saving Envelopes, Texts, Videos and Emails
Good morning, welcome to my latest edition of Monday Morning Briefing. I gave you all a break last week, and from what I can tell, some of you were still reeling from the last few of these I sent out, so perhaps it was a good thing. But the sun is shining, the sky is…
Two CA Appellate Courts Foreshadow The State of Play with PAGA; Top 10 Action Tips To Address PAGA Suits NOW
Welcome to my latest Monday Morning Briefing, which I will tell you right now, I am writing on Sunday so that I make sure to get this one out to you bright and early Monday morning. I have a confession – I avoided sending out my Briefing last week. I knew I was going to…
Ninth Circuit Strikes Down AB 51
Welcome to my latest Monday Morning Briefing, which admittedly, is not coming out anywhere close to morning today. But in my defense, today is a holiday (for my office, anyway). And I promised my daughter I would take her to breakfast (which I did). And I used the day off to make some overdue doctor’s…
Responsible Beverage Service; At-Will Employment
Good morning, and welcome to my latest Monday Morning Briefing. Hope your month of July is off to a good start, and you have all remembered to increase your minimum wages and mileage reimbursement, and implement your new leave policies as applicable (that last one means YOU, West Hollywood!) THE RETURN OF COVID Surprise! The…
How Does the Fall of Roe v. Wade Impact the Workplace?
Disney, Netflix, Uber, Google, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Zillow and Dick’s Sporting Goods are among just some of the companies that have pledged to cover the travel cost of employees traveling out of state if their states no longer will permit abortions.
Thank you, SCOTUS! Viking River Cruises Delivers a Home Run!
It’s not Monday or the morning, but it is worth the midweek interruption. The United States Supreme Court issued its much anticipated decision in the Viking River Cruises case today, and for those of us on the employer side, it delivered a knock out punch. Justice Alito delivered the decision for the majority, which interestingly,…
California Supreme Court Issues Long Awaited Decision In Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Service
Good morning, Happy Memorial Day, and welcome to my holiday and therefore Tuesday edition of Monday Morning Briefings. I have added a few of you to this mail list recently, so if you don’t know why you are getting this, WELCOME! I try to send this around to my special clients and friends once a…
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…