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Are you being reimbursed for using your cell phone and Internet at home while Telecommuting?
by Jennifer A. Grady, Esq. (revised May 20, 2020) Since January 1, 2016, California employers must reimburse employees for use of their...
Jennifer Grady
Oct 8, 20186 min read


Must-Read for All Employers: Gov. Brown Further Expands Sexual Harassment Laws in California
On September 30, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed over a dozen bills into law with the intent on making the Golden State the...
Jennifer Grady
Oct 3, 20187 min read


California Passes Law Requiring Boards of Publicly-Held Corporations to Include Women by 2019 (SB 82
On September 30, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a radical initiative to add women to corporate boards of directors...
llee80
Oct 3, 20184 min read

Updates to California Labor Law Posters
Stay up to date with recent changes to California labor law posters! In order for your business to stay in compliance with these recent...
Jennifer Grady
Aug 30, 20182 min read

Conduct Your Own I-9 Audit Before ICE Does: 6 Tips for Avoiding Costly Mistakes
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted a two-phase nationwide operation in...
Jennifer Grady
Aug 22, 20189 min read


Additional Employer Requirements Under San Francisco Paid Parental Leave Ordinance
In California, employees can apply for paid family leave (PFL) benefits administered through the California’s Employment Development...
Jennifer Grady
May 20, 20184 min read

USCIS Reaches FY 2019 H-1B Cap in Just Four Days
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On April 6, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reached the congressionally-mandated 65,000 visa...
Jennifer Grady
May 18, 20183 min read


The Grady Firm to Host 2018 Labor Law Update Seminar on February 7 in Beverly Hills, CA
On Wednesday, February 7, 2018, Jennifer Grady, Esq. will host the 2018 Labor Law Update, sponsored by The Grady Firm, P.C. and the...
Jennifer Grady
Jan 30, 20182 min read


California Labor and Employment Updates for 2018
The California Legislature has passed the following labor and employment bills, which will become law effective January 2018. PRIOR...
Jennifer Grady
Dec 12, 20175 min read


“It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like… Terminations This Holiday Season”
Given the recent tidal wave of allegations of sexual harassment in politics, the entertainment industry, and social media, employers may...
Jennifer Grady
Nov 23, 20174 min read


The Grady Firm, P.C. Adds Global Expansion and Relocation Advising Department
In response to multi-national corporations’ growing need to move personnel across borders, The Grady Firm has emerged as an outsourced...
Jennifer Grady
Nov 13, 20172 min read


What Can Employers Learn From the Harvey Weinstein Scandal? Tips from an Employment Lawyer on Preven
by Jennifer A. Grady, Esq.* As Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual harassment in the work place dominates the headlines on the heels of...
llee80
Oct 16, 20177 min read


The Grady Firm joins MAPLE Canadian-US Business Council Delegation to Toronto; Partners with Canadia
MAPLE® Canadian-U.S. Business Council of Southern California on a cross-border networking event in Toronto, Ontario. The delegation...
llee80
Oct 9, 20172 min read

Governor Brown Signs 40 New Bills into Law
California Governor Jerry Brown signed forty new bills into law on Friday, September 1, 2017. The theme of many of these new laws is to...
Jennifer Grady
Sep 6, 20173 min read


Plaintiffs Given Broad Access to Discovery in PAGA Suits by California Supreme Court
by Grace Lim-Ayres, Esq. On July 13, 2017, the California Supreme Court in Williams v. Superior Court (Marshalls of CA, LLC) issued an...
Jennifer Grady
Aug 3, 20176 min read


DHS Delays Debut of International Entrepreneur (Parole) Rule Until March 2018
by Anthony Mance, Esq. and Jennifer Grady, Esq. On Monday, July 10, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it...
Jennifer Grady
Jul 24, 20173 min read


What to Do When DHS or ICE Comes Knocking at Your Door
By Anthony Mance, Esq. and Jennifer A. Grady, Esq. The Trump Administration has repeatedly indicated that it will take an aggressive and...
Jennifer Grady
Apr 18, 201710 min read


How to Comply With E-Verify Requirements
Jennifer Grady, Esq. On November 2, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice increased monetary penalties substantially for employers who...
Jennifer Grady
Feb 3, 20172 min read


Online filing with the EDD will be mandatory for Companies with 10+ Employees in 2017
Beginning Sunday, January 1, 2017, employers with 10 or more employees will be required to electronically submit employment tax returns,...
Jennifer Grady
Dec 30, 20162 min read


Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Very Real and Very Costly for Employers
While sexual harassment has been in everyone’s vocabulary since Dolly Parton’s Nine to Five graced screens in 1980, it has become a topic...
Jennifer Grady
Dec 6, 20162 min read
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