Know your employees.

Minimum wage, unions, right to work, and legal weed.

Are customers who use self-checkout entitled to be paid for it?

Can employers breathe easy now?

Constangy has a new blog!

Two states and D.C., plus a number of local governments, will increase their minimum wages on July 1.

How much do you really know, from an HR standpoint?

Coming soon to a nation near you. 

California Streamin’. Gov. Jerry Brown has either signed into law or allowed to take effect a torrent of new employment laws that will take effect January 1. Nestor Barrero of our LA-Century City Office has a summary of the significant ones, with recommendations for employers with operations there. Check it out!

Travel Ban 3 has been blocked. First, a federal court in Hawaii blocked President Trump’s September 24 travel ban Proclamation, which replaced the travel ban Executive Order that he issued on March 6 (“Travel Ban 2”).

On the recent uproar involving a major, major employer and its recently-terminated employee:

No. 1. Is it a good idea to provide an "open forum" to employees if there are certain topics that are off limits? No. If you want to provide a forum for employees to speak up, but only "within reason," then it's a good idea to establish and communicate your limits in advance. That way, if ...