$795,000 Class Action Settlement obtained by Goyette & Associates for County Employees On October 18, 2016 Judge Alan Perkins in the Sacramento County Superior Court complex litigation Department granted ...
Correctional Sheriff's Deputies Entitled to Carry Concealed Weapons Off Duty In a significant decision affecting every Correctional Sheriff's Deputy in California, the Court of Appeal for the Fifth Appellate District (Case No. F071257) ruled ...
Progressive discipline before severe discipline Officer Douglas was suspended without pay for ten days due to an investigation based on misconduct. Several allegations were made against Officer Douglas including that he was insubordinate, derelict in ...
After July 1, 2015, all Employers are Required to Pay 3 Days of Sick Leave On or after July 1, 2015, any employee (full-time, part-time and temporary) is entitled to three days of paid sick ...
Employees Cannot Waive their Right to Overtime Alternative workweek schedules (AWS) are allowed by California Law. An AWS is any regularly scheduled workweek requiring an employee to work more than eight hours in a 24-hour ...
In a very satisfying ruling by the State Personnel Board, G&A Senior Labor and Employment Law attorney Richard P. Fisher was able to help keep alive our client’s dream of becoming a peace officer. As ...
Nationwide there is a growing movement in open labor negotiations to the public so they can observe and see exactly how the local Government entity is spending the local tax payer dollar. While this may ...
There is a common scenario in firefighting which has been accepted and used for a long time, but which likely is a clear violation of applicable federal wage law: the local fire ‘District’ allows individuals ...
Nicole Valentine, of Goyette & Associates, Inc., was able to resolve the case of a former City of Woodland Firefighter who had been charged with felony counts of embezzlement arising from his alleged use of ...
As an employer, it is important to pay overtime to your eligible employees at the correct rate and at the proper time when overtime hours are worked in order to reduce your liabilities and avoid ...