by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | May 5, 2016
Uber Class Action Case Becomes Uber-Risky What does $100 million buy? For Uber, an employee by any other name remains an “independent contractor.” U.S. District Judge Edward Chen for the Northern District of California issued two rulings in late 2015 pointing to...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | May 4, 2016
“The world is grown so bad, that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.” Shakespeare, Richard III. The Class Action Arbitration Issue An employment law case for racial discrimination damages against a Manhattan Beach car dealership has become...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Apr 22, 2016
Paid Family Leave Is the Only Leave Option for Many. Here’s the hard reality, and its not news: families are strained on many levels. One of these is financial. Two incomes and high debt with increased job losses or job insecurity translates to tension, exhaustion,...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Apr 13, 2016
Success. What does it mean if your family and friendships erode with the increasing long hours you spend trying to fit into the “work harder, work longer” culture of your workplace? There is probably no greater loss than that precious intangible: time with children...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Mar 21, 2016
Discrimination and Implicit Bias – The Subconscious Operations of the Human Mind Seldom is bias conscious. We all like to see ourselves as “good” and so we suppress awareness of the “bad” qualities we of course have. Start with a basic...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Feb 16, 2016
Recent California Employment Law — Space for PPs. Class actions are heating up in New York for “parking production assistants” or “PPAs.” Limited parking space means that these assistants are hired to hold spaces open at or near filming locations in New York...
