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Friday, Jan 17, 2014
Lunch & Learn
Friday, January 24, 2014, 11:45am
Hosted By:
Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones & Feingold, LLP
“2014 Employment Law Update“
Topics Include:
The New Minimum Wage and Its Impact
Off the Clock Work
Recovery of Attorney’s Fees in Litigation
Time Off...
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Friday, Dec 27, 2013
Carl Kanowsky, Esq.
Sometimes it seems like the different branches of government are about as skilled in communicating as those twin baby boys in the YouTube video titled “Talking Twin Babies.” (You should check it out. It’s hilarious.)
Everybody’s doing a lot of talking and finger-pointing,...
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Friday, Dec 6, 2013
Carl Kanowsky, Esq.
Joan applied for the receptionist job at Imagoner Funeral Home. She was tired of her job at Tilted Hooters and wanted something not as exhausting – and a job where people looked at her eyes, not elsewhere.
Joe Curious, manager at Imagoner, received Joan’s resume while looking...
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Friday, Nov 8, 2013
Carl Kanowsky, Esq.
Let me pose a hypothetical situation. Suppose you are an employer with some employees. Some of your employees drive their cars to work and rarely use those same cars to do some errand or other business-related function for you.
Suppose further that one of these same employees is leaving...
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Friday, Oct 25, 2013
Carl Kanowsky, Esq.
With all of the press and publicity over sensational cases like Rep. Anthony Weiner (unfortunate last name, that) and Wal-Mart, you’d think employers across the United States would have learned from the boneheaded mistakes of their predecessors.
To be honest, there has been some...
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Friday, Mar 22, 2013
Carl Kanowsky, Esq.
Thank God we have appellate courts.
Without them causing confusion and misdirection, we employment attorneys might have to get some real work.
Two cases that came down at the end of 2011 illustrate what I mean by befuddling interpretations of the law.
If you’re an employee, one...
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Thursday, Jan 31, 2013
David Poole
Keeping up with all the changes in California employment law can be a daunting task for most business owners. However, failure to comply with all of the requirements can result in substantial costs – sometimes into the hundreds of thousands of dollars – for your business.
Make sure you’re...
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Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012
Michigan used to be one of the heaviest unionized manufacturing states in the country. In the intervening years since it boasted 26 percent union membership (1998), jobs have left the state faster than the number of union households has declined. In fact, Michigan has the auspicious title of the leading...
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Friday, Nov 30, 2012
Carl Kanowsky, Esq.
George came in for an interview at Hard Bodies, a combo auto body repair/dance revue studio. Mary, head of human resources, checked out George’s qualifications for both aspects of the job. In her own words, “He looked good.”
After he left, she called some of his past employers. ...
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Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012
Brian Koegle
With an eye toward the fast approaching new year, local attorney Brian E. Koegle will present an up-to-date overview of the ever-changing laws that affect “Doing Business in California,” during the fall 2012 College of the Canyons Chancellor’s Circle Breakfast Briefing.
The presentation...
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