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Foster City Seminar: Thursday, June 15, 2017
(presented by Brian Nagatani & Mary Wang)
Los Angeles Seminar: Wednesday, June 21, 2017
(presented by Brian Nagatani & Dan Obuhanych)
San Diego Seminar: Thursday, June 22, 2017
(presented by Brian Nagatani & Mary Wang)
San Francisco Seminar: Tuesday, June 13, 2017
(presented by Ray Hixson & Dan Obuhanych)
Santa Clara Seminar: Tuesday, June 20, 2017
(presented by Ray Hixson, Dan Obuhanych & Mary Wang)
Employment Law Alert: San Jose Law Requires Offering More Hours to Part-Time Employees Before Hiring
The City of San Jose (California) has enacted an Opportunity to Work Ordinance that requires employers to offer additional work hours to existing qualified part-time employees before hiring new employees. The law took effect on March 13, 2017. It is intended to address problems associated with persons needing to work multiple part-time jobs, including difficulty obtaining…
Continue ReadingEmployers must terminate employees from time to time in order to run their businesses effectively, but no other type of personnel transaction presents a higher degree of legal risk. The saying that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” applies with particular force when it comes to terminating employees. Even subtle differences…
Continue ReadingTuesday, May 16, 2017 (noon to 1:30 p.m.) Employers must terminate employees from time to time in order to run their businesses effectively, but no other type of personnel transaction presents a higher degree of legal risk. The saying that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” applies with particular force when…
Continue ReadingAs discussed in detail in our July 1, 2016 Employment Law Alert, the San Francisco Paid Parental Leave Ordinance requires employers to provide eligible San Francisco employees taking leave to bond with a new child with up to six weeks of “Supplemental Compensation” equal to the difference between the employee’s California Paid Family Leave (“PFL”)…
Continue ReadingFoster City Seminar: Thursday, February 9, 2017
San Diego Seminar: Tuesday, January 31, 2017
San Francisco Seminar: Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Santa Clara Seminar: Thursday, February 2, 2017
Continue ReadingHixson Nagatani LLP is pleased to announce that the 2016 Northern California Super Lawyers Magazine (published by Thomson Reuters and the publishers of San Francisco Magazine) recognized Ray Hixson as a “Super Lawyer” in Northern California in employment and labor law. This honor is limited to those evaluated to be within the top 5% of lawyers…
Continue ReadingAs discussed in our recent seminars, a variety of exempt and non-exempt minimum pay standards in California will increase on January 1, 2017. Exempt Software Professionals In order to treat software professionals as exempt from overtime, California employers generally need to meet the requirements of the “computer software professional” exemption. The term “software professionals” covers…
Continue ReadingAs discussed in the firm’s June 29, 2016 Employment Law Alert (Federal Law Increases Minimum Exempt Pay Effective December 1, 2016), the United States Department of Labor issued a Final Rule to update overtime regulations regarding the minimum salary required for exempt executive, administrative, professional, and salaried computer professional employees. However, 21 states filed a lawsuit…
Continue ReadingThe City of San Diego recently adopted an implementing ordinance that changes certain requirements of its sick leave ordinance. While the original San Diego sick leave ordinance took effect on July 11, 2016, the new amendments take effect on September 2, 2016. We consider these to be the most important changes taking effect on September…
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