by Alexei Kuchinsky, Esq | Nov 28, 2011 | Administrative Exemption, Employment Law News, Misclassification, New Case Law
According to the US Supreme Court’s website, on November 28, 2011, the nation’s higest court granted petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Plaintiffs, the pharmaceutical sales representative, in Christopher et al. v. SmithKline Beecham Corporation. During...
by Alexei Kuchinsky, Esq | Nov 27, 2011 | Employment Law News, Independent Contractors, New Legislation
In their latest efforts to crackdown on independent contractor misclassifications, California legislature passed and Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a new measure (SB 459) which imposes strict financial penalties on companies and individuals who “willfully”...
by Alexei Kuchinsky, Esq | Nov 22, 2011 | Employment Law News, New Legislation
In a previous post, we discussed how the newly added section 2810.5 of the California Labor Code requires all employers to provide a written notice of basic employment terms to all employees. In the same spirit, on October 7, 2011, California Governor Jerry Brown also...
by Alexei Kuchinsky, Esq | Nov 16, 2011 | Employment Law News, New Legislation
I n October 2011, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a number of wage and hour measures that are desigend to provide more protections to California workers and impose strict civil and criminal liability on employers violating labor laws. Among them is...
