Arbitration agreements are a valuable tool to employees and employers in California, allowing for a quick, efficient, and cost-effective mechanism to resolve their workplace disputes. Employers may even stave off the dreaded class action lawsuit by implementing valid,...
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Year: 2019
California Consumer Privacy Act Brings New Issues to CA Businesses
Commencing January 01, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA") requires businesses that collect personal information of California residents to inform those residents of the personal information it is collecting and/or has collected and to the...
California Extends Harassment Training Deadline from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2021
On August 30, 2019 Governor Gavin Newson signed SB 778, which clarifies and extends the initial compliance deadline for California's harassment training requirements enacted in 2018. SB 778 extends the harassment training compliance deadline from January 1, 2020 to...
AB-5: CALIFORNIA MOVES ONE-STEP CLOSER TO CODIFYING DYNAMEX, SEVERELY LIMITING BUSINESSES’ ABILITY TO CLASSIFY WORKERS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
The independent contractor / employee distinction is a vital one for businesses across California and the United States. "Employee" status confers many legal benefits that "independent contractor" status does not so confer. For example, only employees are subject to...
Sagaser, Watkins & Wieland, PC, Attorneys Continue the Fight for Employer’s Property Rights to the Ninth Circuit Alongside the Pacific Legal Foundation
The esteemed Pacific Legal Foundation ("PLF"), with the support of Sagaser, Watkins & Wieland PC, is currently representing two of Sagaser, Watkins & Wieland PC's valued clients - Fowler Packing Co., of Fresno, CA, and Cedar Point Nursery, of Dorris, CA - in...
Multiple SW2 Lawyers Selected to Prestigious Super Lawyers Lists
Sagaser Watkins and Wieland PC is pleased to announce that four of its attorneys have been selected to multiple Super Lawyers lists! Two of our attorneys were selected as 2019 Super Lawyers while two others were chosen for the 2019 Super Lawyers Rising Star List....
Biometric Timeclocks: A Ticking Timebomb?
Employers across California, and the nation for that matter, are taking steps to modernize time-clocks utilized in the workplace. Employers are replacing pen and paper time-sheets or standard "punch" time-clocks with modern, biometric timekeeping systems as a means of...
Employers Beware: Non-Solicitation Provisions in Employment Agreements
It has been long-standing law in California that employment-related agreements cannot contain provisions that would prevent former employees from engaging in new employment of their choice, even if that new employment involves competition with their former employer....