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Peter has a unique talent in promptly developing an expertise in most of the laws which impact our public agency clients, including the labor relations statutes and those which the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family Medical Leave Acts.  Many of the firm’s clients have come to rely on his advice in guiding them in these constantly changing areas of law as well as on problem solving many of the labor issues our clients face.

This post appeared in November 2017.  It was reviewed in September 2024 to provide the most up-to-date legal information.

This principle used to be clear – paid administrative leave was outside the scope of adverse employment action.  This was based on court holdings that an employee suffers no substantial or material change in terms and

Assembling and maintaining your workforce is a crucial step in the execution of your organization’s mission and goals. Every employee is fulfilling a purposefully designed role within your operations and their current duties are supposed to be set forth by their position’s classification specification (“class spec”).  The upkeep of class specs can understandably get lost

On June 8, 2022, the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) adopted new definitions for two terms that are critical to determining how employers must respond to COVID-19 cases in the workplace: “close contact” and “infectious period.”[1]

The updated definitions will affect employer obligations under both CDPH health orders that use such terms and

This post originally appeared in January 2022.

In light of the current surge in COVID-19 cases, it is important that employers understand their obligations in the event that there is a COVID-19 outbreak at one of their workplaces.

This blog post is intended to provide an overview of the various statutory and regulatory obligations