Independent Contractor vs. Employee Test

With the seemingly endless claims surrounding employee misclassification (think Uber, Lyft, and the now out-of-business HomeJoy), many employers are understandably cautious about how they classify their workers. Unfortunately, there is no single test that enables an employer to quickly or easily determine whether an individual can/should be hired as an independent contractor/consultant/freelancer or as an…

Substantial Changes to Anti-Discrimination and Harassment Policy Requirements Start April 1 for California Employers

2016 is a busy year in the often-changing world of California employment law. We have discussed many of the updates employers need to be aware of here (think minimum wage increase, the Fair Pay Act, changes to Unruh, and more). The newest change that California businesses need to be aware of involves changes to the…

Understanding the Whistleblower

Retaliation in the workplace, whether imagined or not, continues to account for almost half of all employment claims filed with the EEOC. Last year, in 2015, 44.5% of the charges filed were for retaliation. In other words, a majority of disgruntled employees claim not that they were discriminated against, but that they received adverse treatment…