San Francisco has required that all employers with 20 or more employees provide commuter benefits.
From the California Chamber of Commerce:
Beginning 120 days after August 22, 2008 [December 22, 2008], San Francisco employers with 20 or more employees must provide commuter benefits to employees who work at least 10 hours of work per workweek within the [...]
A raid on the country’s largest Kosher meat processing plant has led to a number of charges against 3 HR Managers.
From MSNBC:
The complaint filed by the Iowa attorney general’s office said the violations involved 32 illegal-immigrant children under age 18, including seven who were younger than 16. Aside from handling dangerous equipment, the [...]
Evidently, an HR Executive at Carat Media erroneously sent out way too much information to the wrong people.
From Ad Age:
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Struggling media agency Carat is planning a major restructuring of its U.S. operations, including an undetermined number of layoffs — news it accidentally released today via a memo the agency’s top New [...]
“It’s sort of a way to be able to use a four-letter word without really getting into any kind of HR trouble or with people you’re really not quite comfortable being yourself with.”
A fan discussing the use of the word “frak”. From this article.
It looks like CA’s UI program is projecting a $1.6 Billion shortfall by the end of 2009.
From the LA Times:
SACRAMENTO — — With joblessness at a 12-year high and expected to head higher, California’s fund for paying unemployment benefits is about to go broke.
The fund, sustained mainly by taxes on employers, is projected to be [...]
My dear friend Ted who is the co-founder of two of my favorites sites ever, Dogster and Catster pointed the way to this article which enumerates the mistakes made as an entrepreneur.
The particular mistake that stuck out to most to me was #2 “I Hired My Friends”.
Per the LendingClub.com:
Do not [...]
My husband Scott wrote about this on his blog, but the subject matter is so amazing that I had to copy from him. And quote him for that matter.
From Laughing Squid:
The Cat House on the Kings, is no-cage, no-kill, lifetime cat sanctuary and adoption center run by Lynea Lattanzia in Parlier, California. There are [...]
In 2007, day laborers in Orange County were told that they couldn’t stand on a corner in Lake Forest to look for work. The Sheriff’s Deputies involved stated that they informed the laborers that they had received complaints from neighbors regarding pollution and that the men could not stand on the sidewalk when seeking work [...]
In this case, the Court of Appeals ruled that an it is an employers duty to determine whether or not an employee’s absence can qualify him/her for protected leave under CFRA/FMLA.
Henry Avila worked for a subsidiary of Continental Airlines when he suffered from an attack of pancreatitis and was hospitalized for several days. Upon [...]
This article makes me really proud of the religion in which I was raised. Amidst the allegations of employee abuses in an Iowa Kosher slaughterhouse, a number of religious leaders are stepping up and implementing “hekhsher tzedek” (or certificate of righteousness) standards>
From CNN:
The “hekhsher tzedek” would be awarded to companies that pay fair [...]
I wrote about this the other day. Evidently it died today in Senate.
From CalChamber:
Strong opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce and businesses up and down the state has stopped legislation that un-reasonably expands an employer’s costs and liability by mandating a specific paid sick leave policy.
Held in the Senate Appropriations Committee Suspense File [...]
In a unanimous vote, the State Supreme Court said today that an employer cannot limit an employee from going to work for a competitor or from contacting clients of the former company.
In the case of Edwards v. Arthur Anderson, Raymond Edwards III was a tax consultant in the Los Angeles group of Arthur Anderen.
From Morrison [...]
Interesting. Another tip from Valleywag. It seems that a former employee is suing Apple for violating California wage and hour laws.
David Walsh claims that Apple, rather than paying overtime, slotted employees into exempt positions.
From Macworld [via Valleywag]:
Walsh claims that Apple has created several job levels so they can make them exempt [...]
Poor Arnold. Everyone is out to sue him this week. First off, the SEIU Local 1000 wants to sue because, they claim, that Arnold didn’t pay exiting workers on their last day of work.
The California Labor Code specifically states that if an employer initiates the termination of employment, the employee must [...]
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