Welcoming America convenes its interactive workshop from April 26-28 in San José, California. There will be 500 inclusion practitioners from around the world for networking opportunities, deep dive sessions, and powerful plenary presentations from thought leaders in the DEI space, and
California Minimum Wage Increases for 2023
Effective January 1, 2023, California employers will be required to meet new minimum wage requirements, at both the state and local level. This increase in the minimum wage affects not only non-exempt employees, but also the minimum annual salary requirement
Justice Elia to retire at month's end
Last week’s Recorder reported 6th District Justice Franklin Elia Announces His Retirement — Associate Justice Franklin Elia has participated in 11,930 appellate decisions since joining the Sixth District Court of Appeal in October 1988.
- Elia’s departure marks the end of
High School Rules Barring Religious Requirements For Christian Student Organization Leaders Is Upheld
In Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District Board of Education, (ND CA, June 1, 2022), a California federal district court upheld a high school’s non-discrimination policy for recognized student groups that precluded Fellowship of Christian
Getting Local: San Jose Minimum Wage and Opportunity to Work Ordinance
It is important that employers in California not only know the multitude of statewide employment regulations but also familiarize themselves with local ordinances in the California cities where employees work.
The following are some of the important ordinances employers with
California company recalls 10 tons of tamales for undeclared allergen
Demaiz Inc., doing business as Mex-tamale Foods, a San Jose, CA, establishment, is recalling 20,759 pounds of pork and beef tamales because of misbranding and undeclared sesame, which is a known allergen.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and
DOJ Title IX Investigation Leads to $1.6M Agreement with San Jose State University
The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, and San Jose State University (SJSU) settled the government’s Title IX investigation into a decade’s worth of sexual harassment allegations. The June 2020
After DOJ Investigation San Jose State University Will Pay $1.6 Million to 13 Student Athletes in Sexual Harassment Case
San Jose State to Pay $1.6 Million to 13 Students in Sexual Harassment CaseInvestigations by the university and the Justice Department identified 23 student-athletes who had been inappropriately touched by an athletic trainer, officials said.San Jose State University has
To Estimate or Not to Estimate, that is the Question
Is there any downside to a debtor filing a motion to estimate a claim? Or, is an estimation motion simply procedural in nature? As the debtors recently discovered in In re SC SJ Holdings LLC, a motion to estimate a
Sixth District Affirms Judgment Dismissing CEQA Action For Failure To Timely Join Indispensable Real Party Within Limitations Period Triggered By Filing of Second, Valid NOD; Court Rejects Plaintiff’s Arguments Based On Relation Back, Estoppel, and City’s Violation of Statute Requiring It To Mail Operative NOD
In a published opinion filed February 9, 2021, the Sixth District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment dismissing a CEQA action challenging the EIR and project approvals for two development options (1.2 million square feet of light industrial,