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Labor & Employment Blog Posts From June 2022
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Blog: Four Big Benefits to Bringing an Anti-SLAPP Motion in a California Employment Lawsuit
Date: June 21, 2022
Title: Four Big Benefits to Bringing an Anti-SLAPP Motion in a California Employment Lawsuit
Summary: California enacted its anti-SLAPP (i.e., Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute to provide a procedural remedy early in litigation to dispose of lawsuits that are brought to chill the valid exercise of constitutional rights. In the employment context, an anti-SLAPP motion most often is used to attack a defamation cause of action, but it can apply to any cause of action regardless of title, so long as it comes within the four types of protected speech....
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Blog: Every Service Dog Gets Two Bites: Reasonable Access and Reasonable Accommodation Obligations Under the ADA
Date: June 15, 2022
Title: Every Service Dog Gets Two Bites: Reasonable Access and Reasonable Accommodation Obligations Under the ADA
Summary: As American workers continue returning to the office and facilities across the country continue to reopen following pandemic-induced closures, service and support animals are becoming increasingly present in our workplaces. These animals, particularly dogs, help people with a range of disabilities, and theirĀ presenceĀ in the workplace presents employers and business owners with distinctly different obligations under Titles I and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)....
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Blog: Pay Attention: In California, Meal and Rest Premiums Are Now Subject to Wage Statement and Final Pay Requirements
Date: June 09, 2022
Title: Pay Attention: In California, Meal and Rest Premiums Are Now Subject to Wage Statement and Final Pay Requirements
Summary: The California Supreme Court, in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc., recently determined that meal and rest period premium payments are subject to the final pay timing requirements of Labor Code section 203 and the wage statement reporting requirements of Labor Code section 226(a). In addition, the prejudgment interest rate for violating any of these sections is 7%. In essence, the ruling means that these premiums may trigger derivative wage statements and waiting time penalties....