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Introducing: the California Civil Rights Department No, this is not a new government agency. Rather, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) was rebranded as the Civil Rights Department, or CRD, to more...
Technology Credit Union v. Rafat, 82 Cal. App. 5th 314 (2022) Summary: To obtain a workplace violence restraining order, an employer must produce evidence of a knowing and willful statement or course of conduct...
September 8, 2022
NLRB Makes It Harder for Employers to Enforce Dress and Uniform Policies
On Aug. 29, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued its decision in Tesla, Inc., 371 NLRB No. 131 (2022), one of the first major decisions by the now Democratic-controlled board to overrule a...
Erika Rasch has joined Payne & Fears LLP as a partner based in the firm’s Irvine office, where she will be working with the firm’s business litigation group. Erika has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in all...
An article on Proposition 65 by Payne & Fears’ attorneys Blake Dillion and Dave Grant was featured in the Summer 2022 Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL) Orange County Report. The article,...
Connor Kridle has joined Payne & Fears LLP as an associate attorney based in the firm’s Irvine office, where he will be working with the firm’s labor and employment and insurance coverage practice groups....
Ryan Kilpatrick has joined Payne & Fears LLP as an associate attorney based in the firm’s Irvine office. Ryan represents employers in all areas of labor and employment law, including administrative proceedings and...
Congratulations to the eleven Payne & Fears attorneys included in the 2023 Editions of Best Lawyers® In America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. Attorneys have been recognized in the following practice...
Meda v. AutoZone Inc., No. B311398, 2022 WL 2813819 (Cal. Ct. App. July 19, 2022) Summary: Where an employer has not expressly advised its employees that they may use a seat during their work and does not place seats at the...
Since the California Supreme Court’s decision in Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, holding that meal and rest period premiums must be paid at the “regular rate,” there has been a renewed focus for employers on...
The California Supreme Court last week issued a decision in Siry Investments vs. Saeed Farkhondehpour that could dramatically expand the remedies available to partners or others in a commercial dispute who are victims of...
Viking River Cruises Inc. v. Moriana, 142 S.Ct. 1906 (2022) Summary: The FAA “preempts the rule of Iskanian insofar as it precludes division of Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) actions into individual and...