The California employment agencies have been busy!

  • In February, the DFEH issued guidelines on dealing with transgender issues in the workplace (see our report here).
  • Now, effective April 1, 2016, the Fair Employment & Housing Council gives us amended regulations on preventing discrimination, harassment and retaliation in the workplace. See our One Minute Memo that posted on March 8,


Continue Reading HR Heads-up: Amended FEHA Discrimination Regulations Will Require Action

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)© is recognized all around the world for body slams, suplexes, and super kicks. WWE recently introduced a new type of tag team partnership: a national partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of America to support bullying prevention efforts utilizing its athletes. This comes on the heels of the White House sponsoring a movement against bullying.
Continue Reading Putting The Smackdown On Workplace Bullying

HiResDid you know that California law currently allows employers in certain circumstances to give preferential treatment to candidates who aren’t “aliens”? No, you didn’t miss the new Independence Day movie (what took so long?) or yet another landing at Roswell. A 1937 statute, codified in California Labor Code section 1725, has for almost 80 years defined “alien” to mean “any
Continue Reading No More “Aliens”: Outdated Term Shipped Back to Home Planet