Cabada & Hameed LLP is pleased to announce that partner Sayema Hameed has joined the Board of Directors of the non-profit organization South Asian Network (SAN). Formed by community activists in 1990, SAN is a community-based organization dedicated to advancing the health, empowerment and solidarity of persons of South Asian origin in Southern California. Through …
Archives for June 2012
The NLRB Report On Employer Social Media Policies: What’s Unlawful and What Works
by Sayema Hameed Employee use of social media is a big topic these days. It is increasingly common to hear news of an employee getting fired for posting unfavorable comments about his or her employer on Facebook and other social media websites. As a result, in August 2011 and January 2012, the Acting General Counsel …
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Hoover v. American Income Life Insurance Company: California Court Rules That Labor Code Wage Claims Are Not Subject To Arbitration
by Sayema Hameed In the “fluid and volatile” world of employee arbitration agreements, the California Court of Appeal has issued yet another opinion. In the wage-and-hour case Hoover v. American Income Life Insurance Company (Fourth District, Div. Tow, Case No. E052864, filed 5/16/12, pub. ordered 6/13/12), the Court ruled that the plaintiff’s statutory wage claims …
Sayema Hameed Is Named A 2012 Southern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers
Pasadena, CA – Cabada & Hameed LLP is pleased to announce that partner Sayema Hameed has been selected as a Rising Star in the 2012 Southern California Rising Stars edition of Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is an attorney rating service that honors outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional …
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Does Your Business Pay Commissions To Employees In California? Get Ready To Put It In Writing!
by Sayema Hameed Employers who pay commissions to employees in California must comply with the new California law, AB 1396. Recently signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, AB 1396 amends California Labor Code Section 2751 to require all employers who pay commissions to employees to enter into written commission contracts with those employees. Employers …
Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC: California Court Applies Concepcion To Uphold Class Action Waiver In Employee Arbitration Agreement
by Sayema Hameed In the ever changing legal landscape of employee arbitration agreements, there has been a lot of tension between federal law and California law concerning the enforcement of such agreements. California case law previously prohibited class action waivers in arbitration agreements when included in consumer contracts of adhesion (known as the “Discover Bank …