IN THIS ISSUE:

*Forfeiture of Restricted Stock Prior to Vesting Not Violative of California Labor Code

*New FMLA Leave Entitlements

*Newsbites

..Ninth Circuit Approves Shifting Base Pay Rates Based On Schedule

..Singular Failure to Allow Restroom Break Violated FEHA Disability Protections

..Employer Blocks Retaliation Claim and Overcomes “Cat’s Paw” Doctrine

..Arizona Supreme Court Rules Metadata Subject to a Public Records Request

..Scheduled Expiration of COBRA Subsidy

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