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1/30/25—Webinar: Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Webinar: Supervisors & Non-Supervisors
1/29/25—Webinar: 2025 California Employment Law Update
12/11/24—Webinar: Complimentary Virtual Q & A Session on Employee Handbooks
11/13/24—Webinar: Changes California Employers Need to Make by January 1, 2025
10/9/24—Webinar: Employment Law 101 for Supervisors (Performance Management & Hiring)
7/24/24—Webinar: 2024 Mid-Year California Employment Law Update
1/24/24—Webinar: Supervisor Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
1/23/24—Webinar: Non-Supervisor Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
1/17/24—Webinar: 2024 California Employment Law Update
11/15/23—Webinar: Changes California Employers Need to Make by January 1, 2024
Continue ReadingMany companies are planning temporary shutdowns for the upcoming holidays. Here’s a quick review of the three key legal rules governing holiday shutdowns. First, as to salaried exempt employees, holiday shutdowns must coincide exactly with a full payroll workweek. This is because overtime exemption requirements generally require that exempt employees be paid their full weekly…
Continue ReadingAttend our 2014 Employment Law Update Seminar for a review of key recent legal developments for California employers. We’re presenting the program on January 23, 2014 in San Diego, and on January 29, 2014 in Santa Clara.
Continue ReadingA variety of minimum pay standards in California will increase soon. 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 positions such as software engineers, programmers, developers, analysts, and others classified as…
Continue ReadingCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law Senate Bill 770, which significantly expands California’s Paid Family Leave (“PFL”). Effective July 1, 2014, the new law expands California PFL to include employee time off to care for a seriously ill grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or parent-in-law. Under prior law, PFL was available only to employees who…
Continue ReadingThis employment law alert addresses some important new developments with regard to employee leave of absence laws. Unauthorized 5-Week Leave as Religious Accommodation for Funeral: In the case Adeyeye v. Heartland Sweeteners, LLC, the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that an employee had sufficient evidence to proceed with a claim that…
Continue ReadingManagement of leave laws is already one of the most complex areas a Human Resources professional must deal with on a daily basis. This is further complicated by the numerous differences in California and federal leave laws and the fact that many resources focus merely on federal laws. This can leave the unsuspecting HR professional…
Continue ReadingHixson Nagatani LLP is pleased to announce that three of its attorneys were honored in the 2013 Northern California Super Lawyers magazine, published by Law & Politics. Super Lawyers 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…
Continue ReadingHixson Nagatani LLP is pleased to announce that two of its attorneys were honored in the 2012 Northern California Super Lawyers magazine, published by Law & Politics. Super Lawyers 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…
Continue ReadingThe California Department of Industrial Relations has issued an announcement that the minimum pay requirements for exempt computer software professionals will increase effective January 1, 2013, based upon an increase in the California Consumer Price Index. Effective January 1, 2013, the minimum salary for an exempt computer software professional will increase from $81,026.25 to $83,132.93…
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