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Sep 23, 2020
2 min

On September 3, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 778 to extend the deadline for California employers to complete their Sexual Harassment Prevention Training. The deadline was extended by a full year, from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2021. Now, that deadline is rapidly approaching as 2020 comes to a close. S.B. 1343 requires that employers with 5 or more employees in California provide one (1) hour of sexual harassment and abusive conduct training to non-m

Deadline Changed on Time to Comply with California Anti-Harassment Training

Jennifer Grady

Sep 9, 2019
3 min

Deadline Changed on Time to Comply with California Anti-Harassment Training

Photo by Mike from Pexels On September 3, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 778 to extend the deadline for employers to complete their Sexual Harassment Prevention Training. The deadline has been extended by a full year, from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2021. The new bill also allows covered employers who have provided anti-harassment training in 2019 to wait two full years before providing refresher training. The purpose of the bill is to give employers s

Jennifer Grady

Aug 22, 2019
3 min

Jennifer Grady Discusses How to Prevent Sexual Harassment Lawsuits on Remarkable Results Radio

On August 9, 2019, Jennifer Grady, Esq. was featured on episode 456 of The Remarkable Results Radio, with host Carm Capriotto, to discuss Sexual Harassment in the workplace and what employers can do to prevent it. Key Talking Points During the radio show, Jennifer and Carm discussed important points on sexual harassment in the workplace including: The definition of sexual harassment in the workplace; Training requirements for California and the requirements in the other 49 st

Sexual Harassment Training Requirements by State

Jennifer Grady

Jul 23, 2019
3 min

Sexual Harassment Training Requirements by State

Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash As the #MeToo movement has grown over the past two years, and claims against powerful individuals continue to surface in the media and on social media, employers and companies need to adjust their response polices as one thing is clear: sexual claims are very real, very expensive, and very destructive. The following cases are real-world examples of how sexual harassment claims can cost employers in terms of time, money, and employee morale,

Getting Married? Take $100 off our Green Card Application Package

Jennifer Grady

May 6, 2019
2 min

Getting Married? Take $100 off our Green Card Application Package

GREEN CARD BASED ON MARRIAGE WEDDING SEASON SPECIAL Photo by Matthew T Rader on Unsplash Before getting married, engaged couples should start preparing their application to apply for a Green Card based on marriage to their US citizen spouse so that they can apply as soon as they receive their marriage certificate. Just in time to commemorate the start of wedding season, The Grady Firm is offering $100 off on our “Gold” Green Card Application Package, now through May 20, 2019

The Grady Firm, P.C. Celebrates Its Seventh Anniversary

Jennifer Grady

Apr 3, 2019
6 min

The Grady Firm, P.C. Celebrates Its Seventh Anniversary

On March 19, 2019, The Grady Firm, P.C. celebrated its seventh anniversary. Since its inception in 2012, the firm has grown from supporting startups in the Silicon Beach region of Los Angeles, to adding immigration and employment law departments for dynamic, rapid-growth international clients with a California presence. The Firm has added multiple attorney specialists in each discipline, and offices in Beverly Hills, Irvine, and San Diego, California. Our network of tech-savv

Jennifer Grady

Nov 30, 2018
4 min

New Year, New Company Policies

As companies grow and evolve over time, it soon becomes clear that they will outgrow their employee and operations policies–that is, if they even had any in the first place! The best time for a CEO, COO, CFO, and Human Resources Department is to reassess these policies is at the end of the year, and to roll out new policies at the start of a new year. Every January, there are changes that will take place anyway (such as updated IRS mileage reimbursement rates and local mini

Must-Read for All Employers: Gov. Brown Further Expands Sexual Harassment Laws in California

Jennifer Grady

Oct 3, 2018
7 min

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 leader in the nation on the much-analyzed and discussed topic of sexual harassment. Governor Brown signed his last bill on Sunday night. Over his career, he signed nearly 20,000 bills, including 1,016 this year. The new laws, on a range of issues from climate change to criminal justice to gender issues, place California on the “left coast”

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Very Real and Very Costly for Employers

Jennifer Grady

Dec 6, 2016
2 min

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 of increased importance and media coverage as more and more sexual harassment claims are brought against celebrities such as Bill Cosby, President-Elect Donald Trump, and former President Bill Clinton. While you or your employees may not identify with these over-the-top personalities in positions of power, sexual harassment claims are very

Is Your Business in Compliance with California’s Sexual Harassment Training and Posting Requirements

Jennifer Grady

Jan 13, 2016
3 min

Is Your Business in Compliance with California’s Sexual Harassment Training and Posting Requirements

by Jennifer Grady, Esq. Sexual Harassment claims are on the rise and can cost employers significantly in terms of time, money, and lost productivity. According to the EEOC, over 1,700 complaints of discrimination based on sex (pregnancy or sexual harassment) were filed in California in 2014. When there is a sexual harassment claim, both sides can lose–in addition to the social, economic, and psychological effects suffered by victims of harassment, these complaints cost employ

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Practice Areas

Business Law

Business formation

Contracts

Corporate Recordkeeping

Business Advising

Immigration Law

Green Card based on Marriage

Green Card based on Employment

Naturalization

Investor Visas

Employment Visas

Visas for Trucking Companies

Employment Law

Outsourced Human Resources Department

Personnel file documents and record-keeping

Severance Agreements

Anti-Harassment Training

Employee Investigations

Counseling and Planning on employee issues

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Tel. 949-798-6298

info@gradyfirm.com

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