Dear Littler,
Recently I became the Chief Financial Officer at a growing company. We are in solid financial shape, but I have concerns about financial liability the company is carrying on its books in the form of unused...more
On December 12, 2023, California’s Labor Commissioner revised its FAQs to address changes that will occur on January 1, 2024, to the Healthy Workplaces Healthy Families Act (HWHFA), the statewide paid sick and safe leave law....more
On October 11, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law allowing for leaves of absence for reproductive-related losses. Senate Bill 848 makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to grant an...more
10/12/2023
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California ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Reform ,
Leave of Absence ,
Miscarriages ,
New Legislation ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
On September 30, 2023, California enacted SB 553, the first general industry workplace violence prevention safety requirements in the United States that will be applicable to nearly all California employers, with very few...more
On October 17, 2022, in an issue of first impression at the appellate level, California’s Court of Appeals (First District) published an opinion clarifying that a defendant in a petition for restraining order under...more
10/24/2022
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Corporate Counsel ,
Cross Examination ,
Due Process ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Evidentiary Hearings ,
First Impression ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Restraining Orders ,
State Labor Laws ,
Witnesses ,
Workplace Safety ,
Workplace Violence
Based on provisional results from the June 7, 2022, election, it appears San Francisco, California voters have approved Proposition G, which will create a permanent public health emergency leave (PHEL) ordinance that will...more
On February 16, 2022, the California Labor Commissioner published the mandatory posters concerning the 2022 COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (CPSL) law—which will take full effect on Saturday, February 19, 2022—that an...more
2/18/2022
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Commissioners ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Posting Requirements ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
On February 9, 2022, California’s governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 114, which creates new Labor Code section 248.6. The law takes effect immediately and is retroactive to January 1, 2022, but an employer’s obligation to...more
2/9/2022
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Code ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Public Health ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
The Marin County, California Board of Supervisors has enacted an urgency ordinance that requires employers in the County’s unincorporated areas with 25 or fewer employees to provide supplemental paid sick leave (SPSL) for...more
On April 1, 2020, a California Court of Appeal issued a long-awaited decision relating to the use of so-called “unlimited” vacation plans. In McPherson v. EF Intercultural Foundation, Inc., the court ultimately did not decide...more
Dear Littler: One of our employees told a coworker that she is very depressed and contemplating suicide. The coworker feels this is a serious, and potentially imminent, situation and immediately reported her concerns to...more
Developing a paid sick and safe time (PSST) policy that complies universally – or at the very least with two laws – has become increasingly challenging. Without fail, and despite some overlap, each new law seems to contain...more
12/31/2018
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Earned Sick Time ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Safe Leave ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
A little over two years after Emeryville, California’s Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave, and Other Employment Standards Ordinance took effect on July 2, 2015, the City Manager adopted implementing regulations. In many respects,...more