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Many California employers blithely consider certain workers to be independent contractors – exempt from withholding, overtime, meal and rest break rules, and a host of other restrictions and requirements.But be careful.  Simply labeling a person as an “independent contractor” will not work.

Medical Board investigations are generally triggered in the following ways:Complaints by patients, employees, co-workers or insurance companies; Reporting of malpractice settlements or judgments by insurance companies and attorneys; Reporting of the termination of employment or hospital privileges (...

California license law attorney or lawyer is a common search phrase. The proper area of law, however, is administrative law. Professional license defense, or license law, is one area of administrative law.

A recent case underscores the need to keep private communications private.  In Holmes v. Petrovich Development Company, an employee used her employer’s computer and email system to communicate with her lawyer about a potential discrimination claim.

Many senior school administrators -- Superintendents as well as Classified Managers -- work pursuant to contracts, some extending for up to four years.  When the term of employment comes to an end, the school district must decide whether to renew the term of employment.

We have handled many suspension cases over the years and it is amazing how often the procedure goes wrong.

Illegal immigration is a hot topic, and so are laws that allow undocumented aliens to enjoy benefits provided to legal residents.  In Martinez v.

In United Teachers Los Angeles v. Los Angeles Unified School District, the Second District Court of Appeal confirmed two important principles.

In many employment contracts, the employer insists that the employee agree to resolve work-related disputes through binding arbitration. And in some cases, the arbitration clauses are very restrictive – an attempt to prevent runaway awards and prevent an employee from asserting certain rights.

When a collective bargaining agreement contains a clause setting forth time limits for disciplinary action, courts will apply it, even if it means reinstating an employee who has been terminated for sexual harassment.  This was the holding in the case of City of Richmond v.