Workers’ Comp Executive featured RPNA’s recent win for 63 farm labor contractors, ensuring they can continue to self-insure their workers’ compensation. The article highlights how this final DIR decision ends a year-long fight which began when OSIP moved to “revoke the companies’ certificates to self-insure claiming it was required to so under the terms of…
DetailsLos Angeles employers’ rights firm Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani, LLP announced today that Nicholas Roxborough and Ryan Salsig secured a win for their clients in a case against the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the Office of Self Insurance Plans (OSIP), who had sought to revoke the certificates of consent to self-insure…
DetailsDoing business with the federal government can be a lucrative proposition. However, in accordance with US federal regulations, there are certain conditions that must be met. One of the biggest ones: an Affirmative Action Program (AAP). An AAP includes those policies, practices, and procedures that the contractor implements to ensure that all qualified applicants and…
DetailsWhen it comes to whistleblower claims, employers in the healthcare and defense industries must consider an additional piece of legislation: the federal False Claims Act (FCA). Based on the sharp increase in FCA whistleblowers bringing major actions against health care organizations and other businesses in recent years, the need for a sharpened awareness is not…
DetailsWith elections just around the corner, it is important for California employers to understand just what potentially could be considered a “concerted activity” under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The reach of just what is protected may come as a surprise to many employers. Indeed, a US court [Second Circuit] recently…
DetailsMore changes to the way California companies can conduct business are are coming in 2016. While much has been discussed about the implementation of the Fair Pay Act (which, among other things, requires women to receive equal pay as their male counterparts for ‘substantially similar work’, more on that here), that is not the only…
DetailsOn January 1, 2016 California business owners face a host of new laws that go into effect on the first day of the New Year (such as the Fair Pay act, more on that here). One of them is AB 1513, which creates a new California Labor Code § 226.2 and rewrites and redefines the…
DetailsAs we discussed in this post, Governor Brown recently signed into law California’s Fair Pay Act, which amends Labor Code section 1197.5. The Act, which becomes effective on January 1, 2016, is intended to strengthen the state’s existing equal pay laws by eliminating loopholes that prevent effective enforcement and by empowering employees to discuss their…
DetailsAs long as employees have the right to complain about discrimination and harassment in the workplace, there will also be retaliation claims. But is there anything a California employer can do to limit them? In the last few years, businesses across the country have seen an increase in retaliation claims. In fact, a record 38,539…
DetailsThe New Year is just around the corner and many entrepreneurs are preparing to turn their ideas into a money-making venture. As a successful entrepreneur can attest, one of the key denominators in determining whether your start up will be successful centers on the human capital. As the founder, it falls on you to hire…
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