A hospital with a workplace violence prevention plan on file can easily assume that the plan already covers whatever walks through the front door. For weapons, it does not. A 2024 California law requires weapons screening at hospital public entrances…
“That’s just how he is,” my manager said. A regular customer had just grabbed my arm hard enough to leave a mark, and that was the entire response. Nothing. No apology. No incident report. No conversation about what happens the…
“He knew where I parked. He knew when my shift ended. He knew where my kids went to school.” That is not a stranger. That is a coworker. By the time most people start describing a pattern like that out…
Many employers believe that once the Workplace Violence Prevention Plan is written, trained on once, and filed away, the compliance obligation is finished. It is not, and treating it that way is exactly how a good-faith effort turns into a…
Your employer started using an AI notetaker on Zoom calls. A bot joins every meeting. It records. It transcribes. It summarizes. You said something in a meeting last month that you now wish you had not. You want to know…
The EEOC issued a new National Enforcement Plan on June 4, 2026. It shifts the agency’s focus. It de-prioritizes disparate-impact claims, renames its enforcement priorities, and signals alignment with the current administration’s executive orders on DEI. If you have been…
OSHA is investigating your workplace and wants to interview you. You assume you have to answer every question and sign whatever they put in front of you. You do not. OSHA has authority to conduct worksite inspections and interview employees….
Election season or not, political tension finds its way into workplaces. California employers who respond by trying to ban political discussion, penalize employees for their views, or pressure employees toward particular positions are often surprised to learn how little legal…
California employers think retaliation is just about discrimination complaints. They’re missing three separate statutes with different protected activities. California has multiple retaliation statutes protecting different types of employee complaints and activities. Violate any of them and you face separate liability…
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