California, Ellen S. Savage
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About the Author Ellen S. Savage is an attorney in Sacramento, California. A graduate of Sacramento's Lincoln Law School, Savage practiced in the labo
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r and employment department of a large Sacramento law firm before opening her own practice. Focusing on employment law. Savage represents and advises employers on a broad range of issues, such as wrongful termination, sexual harasment, discrimination and breach of contract. After receiving a bachelor's degree magna cum laude in communication from California State University, Chico, Savage became a legislative aide in the California State Assembly. While attending law school, Savage spent three years as a legislative research analyst with the California Chamber of Commerce. She worked on thousands of bills affecting employment, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and health care in California. Savage also is a consultant on the California Chamber's Labor Law Helpline. In this position, she advises dozens of employers nationwide each day about the issues they face most often - such as hiring, termination, wage and hour laws, employment discrimination and personnel management. She also is the author of the California Chamber's "California Hiring and Termination Guide: Forms and Procedures" and "California Hiring to Termination Software," and she is a frequent lecturer for employer groups statewide. More than 20,000 calls annually to the California Chamber's Labor Law Helpline give the editor irreplaceable insight into the problems California employers face every day. These concerns are reflected in the Digest. G.J. Stillson MacDonnell, ESQ, at the law firm of Littler Mendelson, was a contributing editor for Chapter 25, COBRA, HIPAA and ERISA. Product Description A 2 volume guide with clear explanations of complex California and federal labor laws. The Digest explains everything from wages and overtime, vacation and sick pay, to hiring practices, COBRA, family leave and more. It also provides checklists to help you remember all the details, as well as sample forms and policies to make it easier for you to do your job.
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