Yesterday, Cal/OSHA greatly expanded its IIPP guidance pertaining to the hazard of COVID-19 in the workplace. Employers who have not reviewed and updated their IIPPs to address COVID-19 should do so now. Prior to yesterday, Cal/OSHA’s only guidance concerning IIPPs in relation to COVID-19 consisted…
This week, the City of Oakland joined Los Angeles, San Jose, and San Francisco in enacting emergency paid sick leave obligations for employers. The Oakland ordinance is effective immediately and the requirements are summarized below. Covered Employees Oakland’s new emergency paid sick leave ordinance…
Unfortunately, the societal ills of workplace harassment, discrimination, and retaliation can be expected to continue during and after the COVID-19 emergency. Investigating worker complaints remains extremely important during the upheaval brought on by the pandemic. Failing to properly investigate…
Last week, we reported on California’s very limited Stage Two reopening, which was not really any sort of reopening. It was cosmetic at best. However, the Governor permitted counties to seek a “variance” that would allow them to permit broader business re-openings as part of Stage Two.…
A California Court of Appeal recently put its foot down and called out Judge Michael Linfield—a current sitting judge on the Los Angeles Superior Court—for his bias and the prejudicial effect of his conduct on the jury in Brown v. The Regents of the University of California. During jury…
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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