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 Non-compete agreements / covenants in California
Posted: August 16, 2008
Under California Business and Professions Code section 16600, any agreement entered into with the purpose of limiting trade or business of any kind is to that extent void and unenforceable. California courts have consistently declared this provision an expression of public policy to ensure that citizens shall retain the right to purpose any lawful ...
Age discrimination and mandatory retirement
Posted: August 15, 2008
The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) protects individuals who are at least age 40 from discrimination based on age in hiring, firing, compensation, and the terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. Because the legislature has included age among the specific categories protected by FEHA, employers are prohibited from discrimi...
Which employer deductions are allowed?
Posted: August 15, 2008
An employer may not deduct from employee's wages moneys lost due to ordinary losses, such as cash shortages, breakage or loss of equipment, etc.) in the absence of showing of dishonesty, willful acts or gross negligence. As the court noted, the law prevents the employer from using wages to shirt business losses to employees, or to make employees in...
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