Employment litigation

Workplace discrimination claims are bad for business. When an employee feels wrongly targeted for their gender, age, disability, race or another protected characteristic, it can result in lawsuits that are disruptive to your operations and your company's reputation....

As an employer, you may be looking for ways to reduce costs. At the same time, your company is still quite busy and there is a lot to accomplish. This means that some workers are putting in overtime hours to ensure that you hit certain deadlines or production quotas....

As an employer, an organization has to abide by state and federal laws. It also needs to walk a fine line between attracting the best employees and keeping costs reasonable. Hiring and retaining the best workers while also managing company costs can be a bit of a...

California is known for having worker-friendly employment and anti-discrimination laws. Of course, these laws prohibit intentional discrimination, but they also bar unintentional practices that adversely impact protected employees. In other words, employers may be...

Some employers will lament the fact that they can’t terminate their employees who are already in protected classes. They know that these individuals fit into certain groups that have extra levels of employment protection under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Protected...

Wrongful termination occurs when an employee is dismissed in violation of their legal rights or protected status. These claims can lead to significant financial and reputational consequences for employers.  To mitigate the risk of such claims, employers must be...

As a business owner, you know it’s important for your job postings to really convey the type of candidate you’re searching for. You likely get a lot of people applying for jobs who are not in any way qualified. You want to try to prevent that by making your job...

In the state of California, employment is at-will. This implies that as long as the basis for the termination is legitimate, either party may end the employment relationship at any moment. An employee who has been unlawfully terminated from their position, however,...

You may be tempted to use a non-compete agreement with your employees to better ensure that they don’t simply leave your company to start their own competing business or work directly for your current competition. Part of the goal here would be to keep talent away...

An organization is as good as the people who work in it. It’s on this account that employers burn the midnight oil to search for recruit the right talent. And this costs time, effort and money. So you put in the effort, screened through tens of applicants and landed...