On June 23, 2020, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an emergency ordinance requiring employers with more than 100 employees who laid off employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic to rehire those employees if it seeks to re-fill the same (or substantially similar) positions. This ordinance is…
Since most workplaces began reopening, we have been getting more and more questions from employers about what to do if they have an employee who reports that they have tested positive for COVID-19. Cal-OSHA likely has been getting similar inquiries and, as a result, recently issued guidance for employers…
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…
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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