There is a persistent myth in business that bigger is better—that the way to handle a harder problem is to throw more people at it. If a five-person team is good, a fifty-person team must be ten times better. Most
If your company is facing a claim under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), most cases end not with a trial but with a negotiated settlement. Understanding where the settlement dollars actually go—and what a judge will scrutinize before signing
Ten years ago, I started writing a post every Fourth of July about the things I’m thankful for. I’ve published it every year since 2015, and I can’t quite believe this year marks a decade of the tradition — and
It has become common now for employees to post their terminations on social media. In a recent video, an employee, tipped off that her remote sales role was about to be cut, quietly hit record and pushed back on the
Most California employers think about their time and attendance records in only one context: the day a plaintiff’s lawyer subpoenas them. By then, the records are working against you — every late meal punch, every missing premium, every off-the-clock minute
California employers know the rule by heart: non-competition agreements are void in this state. Business and Professions Code section 16600 has been on the books for over a century, and the Legislature doubled down in 2024 with SB 699 and
Terminating an employee is one of the hardest things a business does, and it is almost certainly the most legally scrutinized decision you will make in the workplace. It is also one of the few decisions that triggers immediate legal
California employers have extensive obligations under the Labor Code to create and maintain accurate time records and pay stubs. The Labor Code itself doesn’t prescribe a specific format or technology, but the way employers handle these records has only grown
Artificial intelligence has quietly become part of how work gets done. Employees are using it to draft emails, summarize documents, build spreadsheets, and answer customer questions — often without anyone in management deciding that should happen. For employers, the question
California employers face one of the most complex and actively enforced wage-and-hour landscapes in the country, and most of that complexity gets triggered the moment a schedule is built. Daily overtime, meal and rest break timing, premium pay obligations, split
