Editorial Policy

Last reviewed: October 7, 2026 by Jonathan P. LaCour, Esq.

Employees First Labor Law P.C. (“EFLL”) writes about California workers’ rights: pay, leave, discrimination, retaliation, layoffs, and workplace injuries. This page explains who writes our content, who checks it, where our facts come from, and what to do if you find a mistake.

We wrote this page so you can decide for yourself whether to trust what we publish.

Who writes our content

Our posts are written by the EFLL Editorial Team. The Editorial Team is EFLL staff who research topics and write drafts. They use AI tools to help (see “How we use AI” below). A licensed attorney reviews each legal guide and news post before we publish it.

We publish three kinds of content:

• Legal guides explain your rights under California law. Examples: how overtime works, or what to do after a work injury.
• News posts cover new laws, court decisions, agency actions, and layoffs that affect California workers.
• The California Layoff Tracker lists layoff notices that employers file with the state.

Members of the Editorial Team may not be lawyers. We never present a non-lawyer as a lawyer. If a staff member is not a licensed attorney, we will not call them one, give them a lawyer title, or let them sign a post as an attorney.

Who reviews our content

A licensed California attorney reviews every legal guide and every news post before we publish it.

Our reviewing attorney is Jonathan P. LaCour, Esq., CEO · Senior Trial Counsel at EFLL. He reviews all of our posts, including our employment law and workers’ compensation posts.

What the reviewer checks:

• Is the law stated correctly?
• Does each key fact come from a reliable source, and is that source linked?
• Is anything out of date?
• Could a worker misread this and get hurt by it?

If a post does not pass review, we fix it or we do not publish it.

Each post names the EFLL Editorial Team as the author and names the reviewing attorney, with a link to his bio. If we add more reviewing attorneys, each one will have a bio page, and their name will appear on the posts they review.

Where our facts come from

We go to the source first. When we explain a law or rule, we link to the official text or the agency that enforces it. Our main sources are:

• California laws: the Labor Code, the Government Code (including the Fair Employment and Housing Act, or FEHA), and other state laws
• California regulations: California Code of Regulations, Title 8 (workplace rules and Cal/OSHA safety rules)
• State agencies:
  • Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the Labor Commissioner’s Office (DLSE)
  • Cal/OSHA
  • Civil Rights Department (CRD)
  • Employment Development Department (EDD)
  • Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) and the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB)
• Courts: published court opinions from California and federal courts
• Federal sources, when they apply: for example, the U.S. Department of Labor

Our rules for sources:

1. Primary sources first. We use the law itself, the agency, or the court opinion. We use news reports and other secondary sources only to add context, and we say so.
2. We link to our sources so you can check them yourself.
3. We check dates. Laws change. Each guide shows the date an attorney last reviewed it. We do not change that date unless an attorney actually reviewed the page again.
4. We say when the law is unsettled. If courts disagree, or a new law has not taken effect yet, we tell you.

How the California Layoff Tracker works

Our Layoff Tracker shows layoff notices that California employers have filed under the state’s WARN Act. (WARN stands for Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification.)

Where the data comes from. All tracker data comes from the WARN reports published by the California Employment Development Department (EDD). You can see EDD’s reports on the EDD WARN page.

How often we update it. We check EDD for new data every day. EDD usually publishes new notices twice a week. Each tracker page shows the date we last updated it.

What we change. We may clean up the data so it is easier to search. For example, we may fix obvious typos or spell a company’s name the same way every time. We do not add layoffs that are not in EDD’s reports, and we do not change the numbers employers reported.

What the tracker can’t tell you:

• EDD’s reports lag behind. A notice may be filed days or weeks before it shows up in EDD’s report.
• A notice is not a final layoff. Employers sometimes cancel, delay, shrink, or expand layoffs after filing a notice. Some workers get moved to other jobs.
• Not every layoff is on the list. California’s WARN Act covers only some employers and some layoffs. Smaller layoffs, and layoffs at smaller employers, may never show up.
• We rely on what employers report. If an employer files wrong or incomplete information, the tracker will show it too.

Tracker pages are built from EDD data. A licensed attorney reviews the explanations and legal information on the tracker, but not each row of data. If you think a listing is wrong, please tell us (see “Updates and corrections” below).

If you received a WARN notice or lost your job in a layoff, the tracker cannot tell you what your rights are. Talk to a lawyer about your own situation.

How we use AI

We want to be upfront: we use AI tools to help with research and first drafts.

AI helps us work faster. It can also make mistakes. It can get facts wrong, cite laws that don’t exist, or miss recent changes. That is why we follow these rules:

• A licensed attorney reviews every legal guide and news post before we publish it. AI does not decide what we publish.
• We check every legal claim against a primary source. If we can’t confirm it, we cut it.
• AI is never listed as an author or reviewer. Posts are credited to the EFLL Editorial Team. The reviewing attorney named on each post is a real, licensed lawyer who is responsible for its legal content.
• We do not put client information into AI tools in a way that could expose it.
• We do not use AI to publish large numbers of thin or repeated pages just to show up in search results.

Updates and corrections

“Last reviewed” dates. Every legal guide shows the date an attorney last reviewed it. We review our guides when the law changes, and at least once a year.

When we make a mistake, we fix it and we say so.

• Small fixes (a typo, a broken link, formatting) are fixed without a note.
• Fixes to facts or law get a correction note at the top or bottom of the post. The note says what was wrong, what we changed, and the date.
• If a post is wrong at its core, we update it with a clear note, or we take it down and explain why.

How to report an error. Email us at consultations@efll.law. Please include:

1. The link to the page
2. What you think is wrong
3. A source, if you have one

We read every report. If we agree, we will fix it.

Please do not send private details about your own legal case to this address. To talk about your case, use our contact page instead.

Our independence

We only represent workers. EFLL is a plaintiff-side law firm. We represent employees and injured workers. We do not represent employers or insurance companies.

That is our point of view, and we are open about it. We still work to get the law right, including the parts that don’t help workers.

No paid placements. No company, advertiser, or outside group pays us to publish, change, or remove content. We do not sell links or sponsored posts.

Our related brands. EFLL is connected to WIN Injury & Accident Trial Lawyers, Empleados Primero, and LaCour Trial Lawyers. When we link to or mention one of these, it is a related business, not an independent source.

This is not legal advice

The content on this site is general information. It is not legal advice about your situation.

• Reading our site, using the Layoff Tracker, or contacting us does not make you our client. You become a client only after we both sign a written agreement.
• Every case is different. Laws change. Deadlines can be short. Talk to a lawyer about your own situation before you make decisions.
• Please do not send us confidential information until we confirm that we can help you.

Contact us

• Report an error or ask about this policy: use the email address under Updates and corrections
• Talk to us about your case: 310.853.3461 or our contact page
• Mail: Employees First Labor Law P.C., 1 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Suite 200, Pasadena, CA 91105

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