Recent Blog Posts
Outsourcing Labor No Longer Protects California Employers from Wage Violations or Workers’ Compensation Requirements
At the start of the year, AB 1897 went into effect. This law amends California Labor Code section 2810 by adding a new section 2810.3 to the law. The crux of this law is found at 2810.3(b), which states: A client employer shall share with a labor contractor all civil legal responsibility and civil… Read More »
Jury Decides Against Ellen Pao in Silicon Valley Venture Capital Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
After three years of litigation, a 24-day trial and several hours of deliberations, the jury in the employment discrimination case brought by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Ellen Pao returned a verdict in favor of her employer, deciding that the venture capital firm was not guilty of gender/sex discrimination. Specifically, the jury decided that gender… Read More »
Are You an Uber Employee?
A new business model hit the streets a couple of years ago, taking advantage of the fact that people are already driving all over the place all the time, and plenty of these people wouldn’t mind giving somebody else a ride if they could pick up some extra cash along the way. Harnessing the… Read More »
California Appeals Court Overturns Jury Award of $285,000 for Failure to Prevent Sexual Harassment and Discrimination
On March Sixth, the California Court of Appeals released its decision in Dickson v. Burke Williams, Inc., overturning a jury award of $285,000 against a company for failing to prevent sexual harassment and discrimination. The employee was a massage therapist who sued her employer for alleged sex discrimination and sexual harassment perpetrated by two… Read More »
