Ever since the Armendirez decision in 2000, California courts have had a "bright line" to follow in determining whether or not arbitration agreements are valid. In a nutshell, if you sign an arbitration agreement in California related to employment with a California-connected employer, you may be required to wa...

About 30% of our California state-wide employment practice is representing industrially-injured workers who are not allowed to return to work or are simply fired under the guise of "caused an accident" when they are injured on the job. Now, we see in the Wall Street Journal that this is a nation-wide problem. O...

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We continue to file class action lawsuits in California courts alleging that employers are classifying workers as independent contractors exempt from overtime when they are in fact entitled to overtime and meal and rest breaks because they are employees.A decision recently issued by our Second Appellate Divisio...