On December 17, 2024, Allison Callaghan, Pavneet Singh Mac, Julia Botezatu and Varand Nikolaian discussed significant new laws and recent case developments affecting employers in California. During this complimentary...more
Join us on November 16, 2023, as Nossaman’s Allison Callaghan, Pavneet Singh Mac, Michelle McCarthy and Julia Botezatu discuss new California employment and employee benefits laws and regulations, as well as recent case law...more
11/6/2023
/ Arbitration ,
Bereavement Leave ,
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California ,
Drug Testing ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Regulations ,
Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Notice Requirements ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Plan Administrators ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Restraining Orders ,
Retaliation ,
Retirement Plan ,
SECURE Act ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
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Workplace Violence
Please join our Employment Group on February 3, 2022 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PT for a webinar covering significant new employment legislation in California, as well as case law developments and evolving COVID-19...more
1/10/2022
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Cal-OSHA ,
California Family Rights Act (CFRA) ,
CDPH ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disability ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Exemptions ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Independent Contractors ,
Masks ,
Misclassification ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
OSHA ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Quarantine ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Record Retention ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Separation Agreement ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unpaid Leave ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars ,
Workplace Safety
Now that COVID-19 lockdown orders in most areas across the country are lifting, employers are beginning to reopen their workplaces. As employees return to work, and customers and contractors are allowed back into businesses,...more
6/29/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Furloughs ,
Health and Safety ,
High Risk Covid Employees ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Layoffs ,
Leave of Absence ,
Notification Requirements ,
Public Health ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Rehiring Issues ,
Remote Working ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Virus Testing ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars ,
Workplace Safety
Effective January 1, 2018, new legislation enacted in California will prohibit employers from:
Seeking past salary information, including compensation and benefits, about a job applicant; or,
Relying on...more
Effective July 1, 2017, new regulations from the California Fair Employment and Housing Council will further limit an employer’s ability to consider the criminal history of a job applicant or employee when making employment...more
6/19/2017
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Background Checks ,
Ban the Box ,
Conditional Job Offers ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Criminal Records ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Marijuana
In a landmark decision, the Seventh Circuit recently held that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a form of actionable sex discrimination under Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. Unlike the...more