Franchise owners and operators have a new boss: California’s Governor signs the FAST Recovery Act on Labor Day (Part I).

California franchise owners need to face the facts: your new “boss” is the new 10-member Fast Food Council put in place by the state government. Clearly, the FAST Recovery Act will have an enormous effect on all franchise owners and operators and the approximately 550,000 fast-food workers in California.

KathleenSeptember 23, 2022

California-based software company Twilio brags online about using race as a factor in laying off nearly a thousand employees.

Twilio CEO plans to terminate nearly a thousand employees and admits termination factors include whether employee is of certain race, has been oppressed, or is part of marginalized group.

Employment, EmployersKathleenSeptember 16, 2022Twilio, race-based termination, race-based discrimination, anti-racist, anti-opression, marginalized groups, wrongful termination, Jeff Lawson, termination, layoff, California Fair Employment and Housing Act, FEHA, Title VII, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Act

California turns up the heat on Employers who intentionally engage in wage theft: wage theft is now punishable as a felony.

Employers may now face felony charges (grand theft) for an employee's unpaid wages.

Employers, EmploymentKathleenSeptember 9, 2022wage theft, minimum wage, felony, ab 1003, grand theft of wages, Labor Commissioner, California Labor Comissioner, unpaid wages, rest and meal breaks, Employee lawsuit, employer wage theft, paycheck, payroll, pay stubs

A Federal Court has held that gender dysphoria is now a protected disability under the ADA.

At least one federal court has held that gender dysphoria is now a protected disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Employers, EmploymentKathleenAugust 29, 2022gender dysphoria, Americans with Disabilities, ADA, discrimination, employment discrimination, civil rights, disability

Employers beware: Courts are handing out larger and larger awards to fewer and fewer employees!

If you are a California employer, you need to know that Courts are handing out larger and larger awards to fewer and fewer employees. Doing business in California just got more expensive!

Employers, EmploymentKathleenAugust 25, 2022ADA, FMLA, Americans with Disabilities, Family and Medical Leave Act, Employee lawsuit, Discrimination, Employment lawsuit, Employment award, Large employment award

EDD violates AB5 by contracting with Deloitte

EDD violates AB5 while threatening to enforce it against other businesses.

Employment, EmployersWilliam BaileyJune 18, 2020AB5, employment, contractor, employer

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