As employers know, Congress recently enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which requires most public employers and private sector employers with less than 500 employees to provide paid leave to employees who cannot work due to COVID-19 reasons, including the fact that their…
Employers have been struggling with compliance with rapidly changing federal, state, and local workplace requirements related to the COVID-19 pandemic since March. Now, employers are facing an intersecting issue—how to manage employees who attend mass protests related to the Black Lives Matter…
This week, a California court issued its opinion in Oliver v. Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA, Inc., holding that service technicians using their personal vehicles to carry supplies and tools to and from customer locations “may” be entitled to mileage reimbursement and compensation for…
On June 22, 2020, the Trump Administration issued yet another travel ban Executive Order. Aimed at protecting the US labor market from foreign competition and ameliorating high unemployment brought on by the COVID-19 lockdowns, this ban prevents the admission of new foreign workers to the United States.…
Governor Newsom has signed a new Executive Order today broadly requiring people to wear a face covering when outside the home. Here are the rules most applicable to employers: Face masks are required while working when: Interacting in-person with the public; Working in any space visited by the public,…
For over 25 years, CDF has distinguished itself as one of the top employment, labor and immigration firms in California, representing employers in single-plaintiff and class action lawsuits and advising employers on related legal compliance and risk avoidance. We cover the state, with five locations from Sacramento to San Diego.
Robin Largent has a regular presence in California state and federal courts and has been lead defense counsel and appellate counsel for large and small California employers in litigation (and arbitration) ranging from individual discrimination and harassment claims to complex wage and hour representative and class actions. She also leads the firm’s appellate practice, having substantial experience and success handling appeals, writ petitions, and amicus briefs in both state and federal court on issues such as class certification (particularly in the wage and hour arena), manageability and due process concerns associated with class action trials, exempt/non-exempt misclassification issues, meal and rest break compliance, trade secret/unfair competition matters, and the scope of federal court jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act.
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