Employment Law Blog

Beginning January 1, 2020, a new Consumer Privacy Act will be implemented in California. The California Privacy Act is a very comprehensive privacy protection measure similar to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implemented in the European Union in May 2018. This is because consumers' rights on their personal information will be more protected, while businesses will be limited in using consumers' personal information to a certain degree. GDPR is a privacy protection law based on the principles of privacy by design and privacy by default.  If a company sells a new product or service, it is required to consider the protection of personal information from the design stage and to collect and store only the personal information necessary to provide the service. The California Privacy Act is similar. They have the right to ask consumers to remove personal information or not to share information. By collecting personal information by default and opting out of the consume...

Firmar un contrato con ingenieros y trabajadores técnicos que incluye un contrato de no competencia que prohíbe el empleo en competidores o prohíbe el desempeño de operaciones competitivas al salir de la empresa. En muchos casos, estas clausulas prohibe a uno directa o indirectamente,  trabajar para la otra empresa competidora despues de dejarse de trabajar por una empresa. Si bien puede verse como un medio para prevenir el riesgo de fugas de secretos comercials, la prohibición de la competencia puede parecer restringir excesivamente la libertad de elección de los trabajadores y los derechos laborales, o restringir la libre competencia.   También hay una pregunta sobre cómo establecer los criterios para calcular un período razonable o el alcance regional de la prohibición de la competencia. Es tamibien difícil juzgar si una nueva empresa es competitiva o no.   En el caso de los Estados Unidos, los contratos sin "consideración", bajo los principios básicos de la ley de...

Almost every state law in the United States considers that a labor contractual relationship between an employer and an employee can be terminated at any time. However, in order to protect workers, it is necessary to define exceptions to these dismissal principles. First, it is the Act for the Protection of Workers against Illegal Discrimination. Prohibits the dismissal of workers because they belong to social groups protected by race, color, religion, gender, nationality, origin, disability, veterans or sexual orientation. The second is the Whistle-Blower Protections Act, which protects workers from being treated unfavorably against them because they have accused their employer of illegal activities. The last is a bill that prohibits dismissal or disadvantageous treatment because an employee implements legal off-duty. There are exceptions recognized as court cases. The first is public policy. To protect workers from adverse employment-related activities that violate employer's ...

It refers to a lawsuit filed by a majority of the parties in common interest. It is often used when it is difficult for individuals to file cattle because of the large number of victims and small amounts of damage. The US class action lawsuit is a way of solving collective disputes of personal conduct by allowing the individual to belong to the victim group to be recognized as a party and to have him or her carry out a lawsuit for the benefit of all group members. Unlike other countries, which recruits large-scale litigation participants over a long period of time, in the United States, even if only one complaint is filed, the case can be filed on behalf of the group. If there is a large number of potential victims who may be in the victim group, the court will classify the plaintiff as a group. The representative party must be a member of the group, and the representative plaintiff and the plaintiff representative must have an adequacy of representative. In other countries such as...

Existen grandes empresas en Argentina, como Samsung y LG Electronics, y las compañías coreanas están haciendo avances en recursos y pesquerías. Aunque está completamente abierto a la inversión extranjera, Argentina ha sido tradicionalmente una fuerza en los sindicatos, y las leyes laborales son tan difíciles que es difícil despedirlos en la práctica. Afortunadamente, no hay obligación de proporcionar a los empleados una participación en los beneficios u opciones de acciones. Carlos Saavedra Lamas, un erudito, sentó las bases de las leyes laborales nacionales en Argentina. Como referencia, este académico fue el primer latinoamericano en ganar el Premio Nobel de la Paz en 1936. A partir de la dictadura militar de 1976 a 1983, a través del neoliberalismo de la década de 1990, se modificaron muchas leyes laborales para permitir la flexibilidad laboral. El salario mensual relacionado con el salario debe pagarse en d...

Mayoria de los contratos escrito en inglés contiene una cláusula de arbitraje obligatorio. Aquellos que son beneficiarios de la cláusula de arbitraje no tienen que pasar por litigios prolongados y procesos judiciales, por lo que pueden resolver el problema mediante la inversión de una cantidad relativamente pequeña de honorarios de abogados. Esta es la razón principal por la que tiene que firmar un contrato de empleo en los Estados Unidos por escrito. Los tribunales de los Estados Unidos también reconocen el arbitraje laboral vinculante, que permite a los empleadores y trabajadores acordar arbitrar disputas sobre disputas laborales. La intención es proteger a los trabajadores manejando las disputas relacionadas con el trabajo de manera rápida y fácil, basándose en la autonomía de las partes en la relación laboral.   El arbitraje es ciertamente más rápido que los procedimientos judiciales porque se lleva a ...

Muchos fabricantes estadounidenses, incluidas las grandes corporaciones nacionales y los fabricantes de automóviles en los Estados Unidos, establecen fábricas en México y contratan una fuerza laboral considerable a nivel local. Sin embargo, a diferencia de la legislación laboral de los Estados Unidos, México tiene regulaciones favorables para los trabajadores. Primero, bajo el mandato de contratar mano de obra local, el 90% de la fuerza laboral de la empresa debe ser ciudadano mexicano, excluyendo la junta directiva, el gerente y el personal directivo. Y en México existe un sistema de participación en las ganancias, que obliga a la compañía a distribuir el 10% de sus ganancias antes de impuestos a los trabajadores. En relación con esto, la empresa estará obligada a revelar los datos de declaración de impuestos presentados a las autoridades fiscales a los trabajadores. Esta distribución de ganancias se paga a los empleados...

In California, workers are also protected by state labor laws. When a company located in California hires an employee, the firm must ensure that: The employer must pay workers the obligation to pay and provide rest and meal times. If you do not do so, it becomes wage exploitation. The employer must pay at least the minimum wage. In 2018, California's minimum hourly rate was raised to $ 11 per hour. Some cities, such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose, have minimum wages. Starting July 1, 2018, the minimum wage for all employees in California with 26 or more employees has been increased to $ 13.25.   Workers' wages must be paid at least equal to the minimum wage for all hours worked, either by working hours or by project (also called "capacity-by-contract"), whether paid or daily or weekly. Tips are separate and can not be included in the minimum wage. For some types of employees, including salesmen, close family and camp leaders, the minimum wage is not elig...

It is important to note that independent contractors can be considered as Employees, depending on whether or not the employer controls work, apart from the non-employment contract. In May '05, the California Supreme Court recognized the courier vehicle drivers as employees in a class action lawsuit between the courier company and the vehicle driver. (Dynamex Operations West, Inc. case) The defendant claimed that the delivery truck drivers were independent contractors, but eventually they lost. In order to be recognized as an independent contractor rather than an employee, an employer must not control the service provider's work through instruction or interference. In addition, the independent contractor must engage in business that is independent of the employer's principal business or is customarily independent. Employees are subject to labor laws such as accident insurance, minimum wage, overtime, and break time, but independent contractors are free from such obligation...