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  • 15 minutes

Nature of the Employment Relationship

 
When you say that you employee somebody, what does that actually mean in legal terms? While our speaker describes this from the private employer perspective, the same principles can also apply to public employers. The way that a lawyer thinks about the employment relationship is that it would be generally called a unilateral contract. The terms and conditions of employment are controlled by one side and the other side either accepts or rejects those conditions.

In this 14-minute video our speaker, Calvin R. House, Esq., reviews employment-at-will and explains that, regardless if it is a public employer or private employer, the while an employer is free to end the employment relationship at any time, there actually are constraints on the employer. There are almost no constraints on the employee. The employee is entitled to the benefits and salary that was promised when they started the employment. If the employer acts against the employee for an unlawful reason then it can be held to account for letting the employee go, not promoting them, or taking some other adverse action against them.

Calvin R. House, Esq. is a partner in the Pasadena, California law firm of Gutierrez, Preciado & House, LLP, where he defends and counsels employers on employment law matters. He has tried scores of employment cases to federal and state juries and judges, and administrative tribunals. Mr. House conducts regular seminars and workshops on such employment law topics, as wage and hour requirements, mandatory leave statutes, reasonable accommodation of disabilities, discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination.
Runtime: 14 minutes

Faculty

Calvin R. House

Calvin R. House

Gutierrez, Preciado & House, LLP

Agenda

Faculty

Calvin R. House

Calvin R. House

Gutierrez, Preciado & House, LLP

Calvin House

  • Partner in the Pasadena, California law firm of Gutierrez, Preciado & House, LLP, where he defends and counsels employers on employment law matters
  • Previously practiced at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York and in the Los Angeles office of what is now Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Tried scores of employment cases to federal and state juries and judges and administrative tribunals
  • Conducts regular seminars and workshops on such employment law topics as wage and hour requirements, mandatory leave statutes, reasonable accommodation of disabilities, discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination
  • Member of the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates and has achieved the highest rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
  • J.D. degree and B.A. degree, Columbia University
  • Can be contacted at [email protected] or 626-449-2300

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