Employment Law News and Insights

As recently highlighted by the New York Times, a new phrase emblematic of the real or perceived "War Between the Generations" has gone viral: "OK, Boomer!" The phrase, popularized on the Internet and, in particular, Twitter by Generation Z and Millennials, has been used to dismiss baby boomers' thoughts and opinions, sometimes...

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The California Supreme Court recently held that the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) (Lab. Code, § 2698, et seq.) does not authorize a plaintiff/employee to seek unpaid wages as part of the civil penalties available under PAGA. The case was ZB, N.A. v. Superior Court, No. S246711 (Sept. 12, 2019)....

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Over the past five years, the United States has seen a wave of new laws aimed at providing employees with more predictable work schedules. These predictive scheduling laws are meant to provide stability to individuals so that they can attend to their child care, health, education and, in many cases,...

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