Labor and Employment Law Section

Erhart, an internal auditor, copied, transmitted and retained various documents he claimed showed his employer’s possible wrongdoing. Read more

Receive 15% off this Specialty Credits Bundle! Offer ends 01/08/2024 at 11:30 AM. Read more

Earn 9 Hours MCLE; 0.75 Hours Legal Ethics Ethics and .75 Hours Elimination of Bias Credit Hours of MCLE 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

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

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

A comprehensive review of the most significant employment law cases from 2023 every employment law practitioner should know. 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

The Labor and Employment Law Section is now a Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) Provider and offers affiliate membership to HR professionals. Read more