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This month’s key California employment law cases involve disability discrimination, wage and hour, and arbitration agreements enforcement. Doe v. Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation, No. E071224, 2019 WL 6907515...

Join Eric C. Sohlgren, a partner in the firm’s Irvine office, as he covers new California laws: employee vs. independent contractor, expanded accommodations for nursing mothers at work, hairstyle discrimination, and...

Join Amy R. Patton and co-panelist Darren J. Campbell of Aitken Campbell Heikaus Weaver, LLP as they discuss Current Developments in Employment Law as part of the Orange County Bar Association’s MCLE Last Dash Seminar:...

Please join Payne & Fears and the Orange County Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Section for their January Meeting. Speakers Anna Salusky Mahoney, Esq., Managing Partner at Mahoney Law Group, APC and...

This morning, a federal judge from the Eastern District of California granted a temporary restraining order preventing California from enforcing Assembly Bill (AB) 51.  AB 51-which was set to take effect on January 1,...

Carroll v. City & Cnty. of S.F., 41 Cal. App. 5th 805, 254 Cal. Rptr. 3d 519 (2019) Summary:  Each alleged reduction of monthly disability retirement benefit payments for discriminatory reasons was continuing...

Amy Patton, a partner in the firm’s Irvine office, will be speaking at the Orange County Bar Association’s MCLE Last Dash 2020, a one-day continuing legal education marathon. Amy will be joined by Darren J....

Join Eric C. Sohlgren, a partner in our firm’s Irvine office, and Terri Olson, Founder/HR Consultant of HR Prescriptions, as they present critical details you need to know to protect your business or employer. Topics on...

Join Association of Corporate Counsel, Mountain West Chapter and James Moss, a partner at Payne & Fears’ Utah office, for a lunch presentation that will educate attendees on legislative and case law updates that...

This month’s key California employment law cases involve wage-and-hour discrimination in employment. Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC, 40 Cal. App. 5th 1239, 253 Cal. Rptr. 3d 798 (2019) Summary:  Term...

This month’s key California employment law cases involve wage and hour, discrimination in employment, and insurance coverage. ZB, N.A. v. Super Ct. of San Diego Cty., 8 Cal. 5th 175, 252 Cal. Rptr. 3d 228 (2019)...

This month’s key California employment law case involves arbitration of employment disputes. OTO, L.L.C. v. Kho, 8 Cal. 5th 111, 251 Cal. Rptr. 3d 714 (2019) Summary:  Mandatory arbitration agreement may be...