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As part of its long range strategy plan, the Business Law Section is actively working to create a culture of inclusion for all California business lawyers. To that end, the BLS was proud to share its diversity initiative and efforts with the other Sections of the California Lawyers Association (CLA) at the CLA’s inaugural Winter Leadership Retreat held last month in San Francisco. Read more

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The March issue of our Section’s Labor & Employment Law Review will feature an article titled “#MeToo Movement Inspires Changes in California’s Sexual Harassment Law: SB 1300,” written by Mariko Yoshihara. Ms. Yoshihara is the Policy Director and Legislative Counsel for the California Employment Lawyers Association, and was active in SB 1300’s passage. Read more

The Labor and Employment Law Section has partnered with the Berkeley Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Study Group for Berkeley School of Law’s The Worldwide #MeToo Movement: Global Resistance to Sexual Harassment Conference. It will be held on May 14, 2019 at UC Berkeley School of Law. Read more

The Los Angeles County Bar Association’s 39th Annual Labor and Employment Law Symposium is taking place on March 5, 2019 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles. 7.5 CLE hours. CLA Labor & Employment Law Section members get a special $390 rate. Read more

The CLA Labor & Employment Law Section is presenting its 25th Annual Public Sector Conference on Friday, April 12, 2019, at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel. Pre-registration is $270 for Section Members and $365 for Non-Section Members, and available through April 5, 2019. Read more

Ward v. Tilly’s, Inc.(CA2/3 B280151 2/4/19) On-Call Scheduling. Employees “report to work” by presenting themselves as ordered (e.g., in person, by telephone, logging in, etc.) Employees who were required to, and did, call-in two hours before their on-call shift were entitled to reporting time pay when they were not called in to work. Goonewardene v. ADP, LLC(SC S238941 2/7/19) Wage & Hour/No Liability for Payroll Provider. Determining that an employee could not sue a payroll company for breach of contract… Read more

We all aspire to be “in the zone” at work—deeply engaged and immersed in what we are doing, with a sense of fulfillment and accomplishment at the end of the day. I often have such days, yet many others seem to be overtaken with emails and calls. In this month’s issue of the Law Review, I write about the tools and practices that I use to make my workdays as efficient and productive as possible. Read more

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has now announced free online access to medical evidence-based treatment guidelines (MTUS) for medical providers (see link to the press release below). Read more

This month I am highlighting the Legislation Subcommittee of the Executive Committee of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the California Lawyers Association (CLA). Read more