Responding to Employee Records Requests Under California Law
Requests for employee records are common in California and are often an early sign of…
Joe RoseDecember 14, 2025
When Off-Duty Harassing Conduct Spills Into the Workplace: Employer Duties
Many California employers assume that employee conduct taking place entirely outside of work and outside…
Joe RoseDecember 14, 2025
Why Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services Still Matters in California Employment Law
In California employment law, few cases have had a longer or more consequential afterlife than…
Joe RoseDecember 13, 2025
Taxability of Employment Law Settlements and Judgments Under Federal and California Law
“There is nothing certain in life except death and taxes.” That observation is most commonly…
Joe RoseDecember 13, 2025
Compelled Statements, Discipline, and Constitutional Limits: Revisiting Lybarger v. City of Los Angeles
Among the most important California Supreme Court decisions affecting public employee investigations is Lybarger v.…
Joe RoseDecember 13, 2025
Liberty Interests and Due Process in Public Employment: Revisiting Lubey v. City and County of San Francisco
While much of California public employment law focuses on property interests in continued employment, public…
Joe RoseDecember 13, 2025
Revisiting Skelly v. State Personnel Board: Due Process Foundations for California Public Employees
Although decided in 1975, Skelly v. State Personnel Board remains one of the most important…
Joe RoseDecember 13, 2025
Understanding the Basics of California’s Workers’ Compensation System
California’s workers’ compensation system is a foundational part of the state’s employment law framework, designed…
Joe RoseDecember 13, 2025
Meal Period Compliance and the Evidentiary Significance of Time Records
More than four years after the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Donohue v.…
Joe RoseDecember 13, 2025
Court of Appeal Clarifies Meal-Period Class Certification, PAGA Manageability, and Federal Preemption in Trucking Industry Case
In a partially published decision issued on December 11, 2025, the California Court of Appeal,…
Joe RoseDecember 13, 2025