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With all of the recent news about the coronavirus outbreak in China, employers have increasingly been left to wonder about protections they should take. The truth is that there is not a consensus among all medical professionals about the spread of...By: Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP

On February 13, 2020, the California Supreme Court struck a blow to brick and mortar retailers in the State, finding that Apple must pay store employees for time spent undergoing searches of their bags or technology devices. In its unanimous...By: Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP

On December 18, 2019, Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP attorneys Kirstin Muller, Alison Hamer, Benjamin Treger, and China Westfall presented a one-hour webinar, California Employment Laws 2020: Your Survival Guide. The webinar provided a comprehensive...By: Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP

Must 100% of Service Charges Be Distributed to Service Employees? A June 27, 2019 California appellate court decision, O’Grady v. Merchant Exchange Productions, Inc., which recently was certified for publication, has unsettled the area of law...By: Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP

The California Consumer Privacy Act (the CCPA), effective January 1, 2020, defines sweeping new privacy rights for California residents - including the right to know what personal information businesses are collecting, how the information is used,...By: Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP

On October 17, 2019, Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP’s John Baum, Dan Handman, and Derek Ishikawa presented an informative 60-minute webinar about California’s new Independent Contractor Law, A.B. 5., passed on September 18, 2019. The webinar provided a...By: Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP

2019 California Legislative Update For Employers - It’s been a busy session for the California Legislature, passing multiple employment-related bills that Governor Newsom has signed or that are awaiting his signature. The Governor has until October...By: Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has increased the salary threshold for employees to be considered exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. As the first increase in 15 years, employees will now need to earn $684 per week...By: Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP

On September 12, 2019, the California Supreme Court decided ZB N.A. v. Superior Court and issued a rare win for employers in a year that has brought, among other things, the near-extinction of the independent contractor classification through the...By: Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP

On September 11, 2019, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 5, a landmark employment bill that largely codifies the state Supreme Court’s decision in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court, which we blogged about... Although the law...By: Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP