New Draft ETS Revisions Expected Friday -
In light of recent guidance changes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the California Department of Public Health, the California Occupational Safety and...more
Cal/OSHA Expected to Decide This Week on Revised ETS -
California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board released proposed text of further revised Emergency Temporary Standards Friday, incorporating additional...more
Revised FAQs Include How to Handle Vaccinated Employees Exposed to COVID-19 -
Yesterday, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health updated its FAQ post on the COVID-19 Emergency Testing Standards, applying...more
Part 1: New Labor & Employment Laws for Businesses and Public Agencies in 2021 -
California lawmakers and regulatory agencies spent the greater part of 2020 responding to the coronavirus pandemic, passing legislation,...more
CDC Greatly Expands Close Contact Definition for Determining Exposure to COVID-19 -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention greatly expanded its definition of “close contact” for determining a COVID-19 exposure....more
New California Law Creates Legal Test for Determining Who is an “Employee” -
In the wake of Assembly Bill 5, employers will need to exercise additional care when determining whether to hire workers as employees or as...more
11/13/2019
/ ABC Test ,
Dynamex ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Freelance Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Regulations ,
Misclassification ,
Public Agencies ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
A city employee’s comments at a public event were not protected under the First Amendment because she spoke as a public employee, not a private citizen, a federal appeals court held in Barone v. City of Springfield. However,...more
9/18/2018
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Municipalities ,
Prior Restraint ,
Public Employees ,
Public Statements ,
Reputational Injury ,
Retaliation
California employers cannot require employees to routinely work — even for just minutes — off-the-clock without compensation, according to the California Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Troester v. Starbucks. ...more
Best Best & Krieger Labor & Employment attorneys discussed new legislation and case law impacting California employers - private and public.
What Was Discussed
-Legislation passed in 2017
-Wage and hour...more
6/22/2018
/ Contractors ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Discrimination ,
Drug Testing ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Application ,
Employment Litigation ,
Executive Compensation ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay Act ,
FEHC ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Injunctions ,
Investigations ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Commissioners ,
Medical Leave ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
On-Call Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Popular ,
Public Agencies ,
Public Employers ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Retaliation ,
Retirement Plan ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sanctuary Cities ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Special Districts ,
Subcontractors ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Levy ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Withholding Allowances ,
Withholding Requirements ,
Workplace Safety
In a unanimous ruling, the California Supreme Court in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court rejected the decades-old Borello test for determining whether workers should be classified as employees or independent...more
5/21/2018
/ ABC Test ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Last week Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 119 into law, which requires public employers to provide union representatives access to new employees during their orientations. This bill defines employee orientation as the...more
Year in and year out, one thing is true: In California, there will always be new laws affecting employers, and 2015 is no exception. Below is a brief description of the laws that public sector employers need to be aware of...more
1/29/2015
/ Child Labor ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Harassment ,
New Legislation ,
OSHA ,
Paid Leave ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Sick Leave ,
Training ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Volunteers ,
Wage and Hour