Our office is teaming up with Dan Powers (COO of McEwan & Associates) and Meriwest Credit Union to conduct an educational seminar regarding how to protect and build your business. The presentation is part of Meriwest’s Business Banking Educational Seminar series. Dan Powers will be talking about Four Ways to Grow Your Business. Phil Griego [...]
Archive for August, 2008
10-4 Presentation on 9/25
Posted in Hiring, Policies & Best Practices, Seminars, tagged avoiding business mistakes, credit union, Employment Law, grow your business, medical leave, overtime, seminar, termination, top employer mistakes, unemployment insurance, wage and hour on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Release of Claims Does Not Encompass Non-Waivable Claims and Narrow-Restraint Exception to Non-Compete Agreements is Rejected
Posted in Non-Compete, Wage & Hour, tagged 16600, business and profession code, expenses, indemnification, indemnify, labor code, Non-Compete, noncompete on August 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The California Supreme Court issued a decision today wherein it held that a general release of claims does not encompass non-waivable statutory protections under Labor Code Section 2802. Raymond Edwards II was hired as a tax manager by Arthur Andersen LLP. After some problems with the government, Andersen started selling off its practice groups to [...]
Common Statutes of Limitation
Posted in Disability Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate, Discrimination, Harassment or Retaliation, Medical Leaves of Absence, Wage & Hour, tagged breach of contract, lawsuit, statute of limitation, timely file, tolling on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A “statute of limitation” is the time within which a lawsuit or claim must be filed. “Civil actions, without exception, can only be commenced within the periods prescribed in this title, after the cause of action shall have accrued, unless where, in special cases, a different limitation is prescribed by statute.” California Code of Civil [...]