As Californians get back to business in the new year, we wanted to highlight the following changes to California employment laws for 2015:
- Mandatory Paid Sick Leave
- Protections Against Discrimination and...more
1/14/2015
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Mandates ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Immigrants ,
Minimum Wage ,
Minors ,
OSHA ,
Sick Leave ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Volunteers ,
Wage and Hour
San Francisco's new Family-Friendly Workplace Ordinance (the "Ordinance") applies to employers with 20 or more employees and to those San Francisco-based employees who have been employed for at least six months and who work...more
Assembly Bill 10 raises California's hourly minimum wage rate to $9.00 per hour, beginning July 1, 2014. Effective January 1, 2016, the minimum wage rate will increase an additional $1.00 to reach $10.00 per hour. In addition...more
Existing law, with certain exceptions, requires a court in any action brought for the nonpayment of wages, fringe benefits, or health and welfare or pension fund contributions, to award reasonable attorneys' fees and costs to...more
Currently, the California Employment Development Department, (EDD), through employee payroll deductions, provides for family temporary disability insurance benefits to workers who need to care for a seriously ill "family...more
Under current law, the California Labor Commissioner has the authority to hear employee complaints regarding the payment of wages and other employment-related issues. The Labor Commissioner is required to file an order,...more
The current version of Labor Code section 226.7 provides a penalty of one hour's pay for each day that an employee is required to work during any required meal or rest period. Cal-OSHA regulations require employers of certain...more
Existing law requires garment manufacturers to be registered with the State of California. Registered garment manufacturers are required to display their name, address, and garment manufacturing registration number on the...more
Existing law makes it a crime for an employer to willfully, or with the intent to defraud, fail to remit agreed-upon payments to health and welfare funds, pension funds or vacation plans, or other various benefit plans. The...more
Assembly Bill 241 establishes overtime pay protection for domestic workers (i.e. nannies, housekeepers, and caregivers) employed by private individuals such that they are paid a rate of time-and-a half for all hours worked in...more
Existing law prohibits employers from discharging an employee or in any manner discriminating against any employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant has engaged in protected conduct relating to the...more