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 ...
California Medical Facility (CMF), Correctional Business Manager, Collette Preszler-Riley was found not guilty of all felony workers' Compensation fraud charges by a Solano County Jury on January 21st, 2015. Ms. Preszler-Riley’s lead trial counsel was ...
Last month, Federal District Judge Leon struck down an October 2013 Labor Department regulation that forces employers to pay home-care workers minimum-wage and overtime pay under the FLSA. A 1974 amendment to the FLSA exempted most homecare ...
As a follow up to the post on our Blog in early October, which described the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral argument on a case involving whether the employer had to pay employees for post-shift ...
JUDGE’S DECISION IN STOCKTON BANKRUPTCY CASE NOT ALL BAD FOR EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS United States District Judge Christopher Klein ruled that the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) is not protected from cuts in the City ...
Goyette & Associates is proud of the top level team of attorneys in each of our practice areas. Take a moment to learn more about what Dan Thompson, Senior Labor and Employment Lawyer, enjoys about ...
A very informative article recently published in the New York Times and summarizing the variety of issues surrounding the decline in the number of ‘volunteer firefighters’ can be accessed HERE. One critical issue is only ...