Gregg A. Fisch

Gregg Fisch is a partner in the Labor & Employment Practice Group in the firm's Century City office.

Areas of Practice

Gregg has extensive experience in all aspects of litigation, and has successfully defended management before federal and state courts and administrative agencies in defense of complaints for class action and single-plaintiff matters, involving wage-and-hour violations, wrongful termination, age, race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, and national origin discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and other statutory, contract and tort-related claims, as well as in relation to union campaigns and elections, and ULP charges.

Gregg regularly provides clients with practical advice on a wide range of day-to-day labor and employment law issues, including establishing effective human-resource policies and complying with federal and state laws, such as those relating to wage-and-hour issues, disability and family/medical leave laws, workplace violence prevention, and the discipline and termination processes. He also regularly prepares and revises employee handbooks and other employment-related documents, including separation, arbitration, and confidentiality agreements.

Gregg has experience conducting, organizing, and overseeing internal corporate investigations relating to allegations of discrimination, harassment, and employee wrongdoing involving theft, and assault and battery, as well as counseling in-house professionals on how to conduct investigations of workplace misconduct. He also has obtained temporary restraining orders to help prevent workplace violence.

Honors

Recognized as Top Young Lawyer in Southern California for Labor and Employment in the 2009 Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Edition.

Recognized, Labor and Employment and Labor and Employment Litigation, Legal 500, 2011

Southern California Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2013-2020

Insights

Articles

•Unintended Consequences: Dynamex and California Health Care Employers
Healthcare News, 08.09.2019
•Post-Dynamex Considerations For Calif. Health Care Cos.
Law360, 05.25.2018
•Preparing for the Affordable Care Act Employer Mandate
Corporate Counsel, 02.07.2014
•Employers, Sit Tight and Wait for 'Brinker'
The Recorder, 11.30.2011
•Providing A Seat And Time To Eat To Calif. Employees
Law360, 11.04.2011

Labor & Employment Law Blog Posts

• 'Ban the Box' Laws & Workplace Violence: An Employer’s Failure to Sufficiently Perform Background Checks Could Lead To Costly Negligence Liability, May 31, 2018
• Home Care Associations Seek Stay by SCOTUS of New Wage-and-Hour Rules, As the Effective Date of DOL Wage-and-Hour Regulations Quickly Approaches, October 6, 2015
• U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Security Screening Time is Non-Compensable Under Federal Law and The Portal-to-Portal Act, December 11, 2014
• Ninth Circuit Rules That Twombly Standard of Specificity Applies to FLSA Pleadings, November 17, 2014
• California Enacts New Law Mandating Paid Sick Leave for Employees, September 19, 2014
• Undocumented Workers May Pursue Claims Under California’s FEHA, So Says The California Supreme Court, July 9, 2014
• The Supreme Court’s Ruling in Hobby Lobby that Closely Held, For-Profit Companies Should Receive Religious Exemptions From ObamaCare’s Conception Mandate Likely Will Have Little Practical Impact Immediately in the Employment Arena, June 30, 2014
• California Supreme Court Issues Iskanian Decision, Ruling that Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements Are Enforceable, But Still Allows PAGA Claims to Proceed on Representative Basis, June 24, 2014
• Fifth Circuit Upholds The Validity Of Class-Action Waivers In Arbitration Agreements, December 6, 2013
• The Increasing Cost of Doing Business in San Francisco: Board of Supervisors Approves Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance, October 14, 2013
• Passage of Increase in California’s Minimum Wage Could Impact More Than Just Hourly, Minimum Wage Workers, September 27, 2013
• In the wake of the California Supreme Court's Harris Decision, A FEHA Claimant Must Show Discrimination was a Substantial Motivating Factor and An Employer Waives its Mixed-Motive Defense by Failing to Assert It in Its Answer, September 10, 2013
• Supreme Court Narrows Definition of Supervisor Under Title VII, June 27, 2013
• Is Your Criminal Screening Process Compliant? May 30, 2013
• Federal Jury Finds Executive Recruiter Guilty Stealing Trade Secrets From Former Employer In Order to Start Competing Business, May 1, 2013
• In A 2-to-1 Split Decision, The California Court Of Appeal Parses The Language Of An Agreement And Denies Arbitration Of California Labor Code Claims, October 19, 2012
• California Court of Appeal Provides Clarification of Labor Code Section 206.5's Restrictions on Releases of Wage Claims, June 28, 2012
• Court Rules that Employee's Submission of Discrimination Complaint Through DFEH's Online System is Sufficient to Meet Jurisdictional Prerequisite for Filing FEHA Lawsuit, June 22, 2012
• The EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records, May 4, 2012
• The EEOC Finds Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity (Against a Transgender Individual) a Viable Claim Under Title VII, May 1, 2012
• President Obama Appoints Three to NLRB During Purported Congressional Recess, January 10, 2011
• NLRB Requires Employer to Rehire and Provide Backpay to Employees Terminated for Derogatory Comments Made About Co-Worker on Facebook, September 19, 2011

Healthcare Law Blog Posts

• Healthcare Industry Companies Must Be Wary of Classifying Any Workers As Independent Contractors, In Light of the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex Ru ling, May 18, 2018

Speaking Engagements

•“Litigating Wage-and-Hour Class Actions: Practical Tips and Secrets Revealed from Plaintiffs & Defense Counsel,” Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA) (April 21, 2016)
• The Affordable Care Act from an Employer’s Perspective, American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) (September 3, 2014)
• Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations, Hiring Done Right Webinar Series (July 31, 2014)
• Just Sign on the Dotted Line: Introduction to Physician Employment Agreements and Other Arrangements, Stanford University Hospital, The Stanford Pediatric Fellowship Lecture Series (March 27, 2014)
• ObamaCare: Essentials For Employers, The Pay or Play Employer Mandate and Other Important Information on the Affordable Care Act, UCLA Anderson School of Business, Alumni Network seminar series (March 18, 2014)
• Everything You Wanted to Know About Health Insurance Exchanges and the Affordable Care Act, but Forgot to Ask! Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) (December 11, 2013)
• Pay or Play: The Impact of ObamaCare on Small and Mid-Sized Businesses, Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA) (December 10, 2013)
• Annual Employment Law Update 2010 for California Employers, Vernon Chamber of Commerce (February 2, 2010)
• Just Say No to Class Actions: Proven Strategies for Avoiding Class Action Lawsuits, Employer Resource Institute, Business and Legal Reports, 2009 Employment Law Update (October 21, 2009)
• 2009 California Employment Law Annual Update, Seyfarth Shaw Breakfast Briefing (February 5 & 12, 2009)
• Annual Employment Law Update 2009 for California Employers, Vernon Chamber of Commerce (February 3, 2009)
• The Most Common Mistakes Your Supervisors Make - And How You Can Get Them To Stop, Employer Resource Institute, Business and Legal Reports, 2008 Employment Law Update (October 15-17, 2008)
• Hold 'Em or Fold 'Em?: How Not To Lose The Attorney-Client Privilege, Association of Corporate Counsel of America (ACC), Southern California Chapter (July 16, 2008)

Events

•Webinar: Navigating COVID-19 Labor/Employment Challenges in the Workplace
via Zoom, 03.19.2020

•Dynamex Implications for California Health Care Employers
Changes to Employee Classification Standards, via Webinar, 09.17.2019

•The Impact of Obamacare on Small to Mid-Sized Businesses
Obamacare legislation was passed and enacted... NOW WHAT?!, 11.13.2013

•Labor & Employment Law Update & Happy Hour - Los Angeles
Sheppard Mullin - Los Angeles, 03.08.2011