RPNA joined forces with Lockton to present an informative session at this year’s National RIMS Conference in Philadelphia, titled “Walking the FMLA-ADA-Workers’ Compensation Tightrope.“ RPNA Co-Managing Partner Drew Pomerance and Lockton Vice President Tamara Johnson discussed the interactive process between FMLA, the ADA, and workers’ compensation claims. They offered effective strategies and processes to minimize…
Supreme Court Reinstates $89 Million Judgment in Landmark Class Action Employment Suit Decision expected to carry significant ramifications for the California workplace for years to come. The Supreme Court of California today overturned an appellate court ruling in the landmark case of Augustus v. ABM Security Services, ending an eleven-year battle and upholding the trial…
On Saturday, November 12, 2016, attorney Drew E. Pomerance will be speaking at the prestigious California Attorneys Association of California’s annual conference. Mr. Pomerance is the managing partner of the well-respected Los Angeles law firm Roxborogh Pomerance Nye & Adreani. He recently argued one of the firm’s seminal cases before the California Supreme Court. Mr.…
On October 14, 2016, seasoned business litigator Drew E. Pomerance will be speaking at the Valley Industrial and Commerce Association (VICA) Business Forecast Conference at the Hilton Hotel, Universal City, California. Mr. Pomerance will join a small panel of experts to discuss how businesses can deal with and protect themselves from wage and hour and…
It is time to carefully review arbitration agreements and class action waivers. A few days ago the California Supreme Court delivered its highly anticipated ruling in the Sandquist v. Lebo Automotive case on the issue of whether it is the court or the arbitrator who decides whether an employment law case can proceed as a…
RPNA co-managing partner, Nick Roxborough, was honored by United Cerebral Palsy of Los Angeles at the 20th Annual UCP Golf Tournament on June 6. More than 300 people attended the tournament and gala dinner that followed, raising approximately $400,000 for the organization. As the former President of the Spastic Children’s Endowment Foundation, having served as…
For the first time since 2005, the United States Department of Labor has issued an updated regulation automatically extending overtime pay eligibility to 4.2 million “white collar” workers previously exempted from the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime pay requirements. The updated regulation is almost certain to swell payroll costs and increase wage and hour lawsuits.…
Sandquist v. Lebo Automotive Inc. may seem like a typical employment lawsuit. However, it involves a very significant issue that has now been taken up to the California Supreme Court for resolution. The issue is who determines whether a class claim may be brought and heard before an arbitrator—the court or the arbitrator itself —when…
With the prevalence of class action lawsuits in an employee-friendly state like California, employers must be aware of proper time card rounding policies and what work is being conducted off the clock by their employees. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal recently issued a pro-employer decision approving the use of time card rounding and solidifying…
RPNA attorneys Nicholas Roxborough, Joseph Gjonola and Ryan Salsig won a victory for California workers’ comp policyholders with the recent court decision stating Applied Underwriters, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, can’t enforce the arbitration provision in side agreements that were not filed with the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB). What makes this March 16…