Labor and Employment Law Section

You’re invited to the 2023 Advanced Mediation Conference on December 5, 2023 in San Francisco! Read more

The decision to terminate an employee under normal circumstances may be stressful, and can be more challenging during a reorganization, layoff or when an employee is engaged in protected activity. Read more

Although American companies spend over $8 billion a year on diversity training, many companies have made remarkably little progress on diversity. Read more

n awarding attorney fees, a court may apply, in its discretion, a positive or negative multiplier to adjust the lodestar calculation—a reasonable rate times a reasonable number of hours—to account for various factors, including attorney skill. Read more

Join us for the 13th Annual Advanced Wage and Hour Conference! We are proud to provide you with two days of fantastic virtual programs and speakers.  Read more

Experienced practitioners will review 2023’s new employment laws which all employment practitioners should be aware of. Read more

This program will address the Supreme Court’s decision in Groff v DeJoy: a generational change in the law of religious accommodation. Come listen to plaintiff and management perspectives on the changes wrought by this decision. Read more

This program discusses how the California Supreme Court’s July 17, 2023, ruling in Adolph v. Uber Technologies  impacts claims under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Read more

In approximately 2016, I was preparing to transition from Vice-Chair to Chair of the Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section. At that time, the Sections were still a part of the State Bar of California. A transition to the California Lawyers Association (CLA) was yet to occur but was on the horizon.  Read more

September 2023 Barrera v. Apple American Group LLC (CA1/2 A165445 8/31/23) Post-Adolph PAGA Arbitration  The court reversed in part and affirmed in part the trial court’s order denying defendants’ motion to compel arbitration of claims under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (Lab. Code, § 2698 et seq.) Based on Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana (2022) 596 U.S. ___ Read more