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Bicvan Brown Elected President of the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Southern California
Tressler attorney Bicvan Brown has been elected President of the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Southern California (VABASC). Bicvan is a partner in Tressler’s Orange County, California office, Chair of the firm’s national Labor and Employment Practice Group and Chair of our national Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. …
How to Avoid California Equal Pay Act Violations
As of January 1, 2023, employers with 15 or more employees must include the pay scale, which is the salary or hourly wage range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for the position, in job postings. All employers must provide the pay scale to …
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Update on California’s New Pay Transparency Requirements in 2023
Initial Guidance From The California Labor Commissioner’s Office: In early January 2023, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office released information on its website explaining its interpretation of the pay transparency law. California Equal Pay Act: Frequently Asked Questions. FAQ’s 27-36 address the pay transparency requirements. Notably, …
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California’s New Pay Transparency Requirements in 2023
Summary: As of January 1, 2023, employers with 15 or more employees must include pay scale in job postings, all employers must provide pay scale to current employees who request the information for their position, employers must retain pay records for three years post-termination and …
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Attorney Spotlights
Bicvan Brown is a partner and Co-Chair of Tressler’s Professional Liability and Employment Group. She focuses her practice in all aspects of employment matters, including employment trials, arbitrations and mediations. She defends employers while providing advice and counsel against claims such as wage and hour (individual and class actions), PAGA, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and whistleblowing. She defends employers before state and federal agencies such as the EEOC, NLRB, California Labor Commission and California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. She is fluent in Vietnamese and Spanish and she provides advice about as well as translates workplace policies, employee handbooks and agreements. She regularly speaks at seminars, including sexual harassment prevention training conducted in Vietnamese, with the purpose of helping employers and their insurers regarding best practices to minimize risk in California.
Karl Schlecht is a partner in Tressler’s Professional Liability and Employment Group in the Orange County office. He provides management-side labor and employment litigation defense before federal and state courts in class actions, single-plaintiff litigation and administrative agency proceedings involving the Fair Labor Standards Act, the ADA, Title VII, the ADEA and OSHA. His practice also includes a variety of other federal, state and local wage and hour, discrimination, breach of contract, wrongful discharge, labor and workplace tort claims.