employment rights

P2 of California Employment Laws Scheduled to Take Effect in 2020

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: california new bill, Employee Rights, Employment Law Classification
Part 2. Classification of Workers of California's New Laws Scheduled to Take Effect in 2020 One major California law that affects California employment is the codification of the Dynamex decisions which changed the way workers are classified. Now, many more workers will qualify for employee status and not independen...

Flawed Security Gap Costs Cisco 8.6 millions to settle Federal False Claims Act Case

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Federal False Claims
When selling security systems to governmental agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Homeland Security, Secret Service, the Army,. Marine, Navy and Air Force, it's always a good idea to make sure there are no security flaws that would allow hackers to gain unauthorized access to the video system. O...

The #MeToo Movement and Civil Lawsuits

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: ca employment laws, Employee Rights, Harassment, sexual harassment
2018 saw the rise of a new movement – the #MeToo movement. Women began to disclose experiences of sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace. A chorus of victims stepped forward. The #MeToo movement started in October 2017 on social media. As a result of the movement, criminal cases have been brought against some o...

Employment Trials Trending Downward

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights
Stephen Danz & Associates Blog Topic: California Employment Trials Trending Downward Salvador Long (not his real name) was expecting a jury trial right here in Los Angeles County when he consulted with an attorney. What Sal quickly came to realize was that employment law cases are among the least-likely to go to t...