Employers Litigating PAGA Actions Take Hit From California Supreme Court

In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court ruled late last week that plaintiffs in lawsuits brought pursuant to the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) can seek the contact information for their fellow “aggrieved employees” at the outset of their lawsuit, without a showing of good cause for the potentially private information. As any employer who has faced a PAGA action knows, a list of contact information for all employees can be a […]

By | July 26th, 2017 ||

India – Amendments To The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923

It is a praiseworthy legislative trend, that whenever the central legislature enacts beneficial legislations for the relatively weaker sections of the society or economy, it constantly keeps on taking measures to provide more and more benefit to the beneficiaries under the Act by amending it.

One such instance is the amendment to the Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”). It is common knowledge that many of the tasks for which labourers […]

By | July 26th, 2017 ||

Who Should Eye Your I-9s?

Our readers should be well aware that every newly-hired employee in the United States must complete a Form I-9 and present supporting documentation confirming their ability to legally work in the job they are being hired into.

A Form I-9 has three sections:

Section 1 must be completed and signed by the employee after they have accepted an offer but no later than their first day of employment.
Section 3 is only completed after a break in […]

By | July 25th, 2017 ||