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California Employers Have Until May 8 to Report Pay Data: Your 3-Step Compliance Plan

Attention, California employers: You only have until May 8 to report last year’s pay data to the state, and you need a plan of action in order to comply with this stringent law. The good news is that the state published...more

California Employers Have 3 Short Months to Report Pay Data: Your 3-Step Compliance Plan

Attention, California employers: You only have three short months to report last year’s pay data to the state, and you need a plan of action in order to comply with this stringent law. The good news is that the state just...more

Workers Should be Paid for the Time Spent Booting Up Computers, According to Federal Appeals Court

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that time spent booting up computers for call center employees at the beginning of their shift is integral and indispensable to their work and thus compensable under federal...more

California Expands Family and Paid Sick Leave to Allow Employees to Care for a “Designated Person”

California Governor Newsom just signed into law a bill that further expands state family and paid sick leave by allowing employees to take protected time off to care for to include a “designated person.” AB 1041, signed into...more

Tracker Reveals: Hot COVID Litigation Summer Could Foreshadow Trouble for Employers

A sharp increase in pandemic-related workplace litigation this summer could spell trouble for employers, as we expect to see a steady increase in COVID-19 lawsuits filed by employees across the country. That’s just one of 10...more

Second Time’s the Charm? California Set to Amend Pandemic-Related Workplace Safety Rules

After a rollercoaster meeting Thursday where it originally voted down the proposed revisions, Cal/OSHA’s Standards Board eventually adopted proposed revisions to the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that will establish...more

Change is Coming in California: Top 10 Revisions to COVID-19 Workplace Safety Rules for Employers

After months of calls for modification to Cal/OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), California is about to adopt significant changes to the standard in light of the changing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the...more

New COVID-19 Stimulus Law Extends Employer Tax Credits for Voluntary Leave And Makes Other Under-the-Radar Changes: The 5 Things...

The latest COVID-19 stimulus package, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), contains a myriad of provisions to provide relief to individuals and employers – including some important changes to employer tax credits that have...more

August 2020: The Top 17 Labor And Employment Law Stories

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Back To Square One: Court Ruling Upends COVID-19 Leave Rules

In a surprising and significant ruling Monday, a New York federal judge tossed out several key Department of Labor rules regulating the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), meaning that more workers will be able...more

Top 10 Things Employers Need To Know About DOL’s New COVID-19 Rules

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a new rule yesterday to regulate the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA) and the paid leave programs that just became law on April 1, 2020. We’ve digested the 124-page document...more

Los Angeles Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Allows Up To 80 Hours Of COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave

The L.A. City Council just passed a COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law which provides up to 80 hours of supplemental paid sick leave to employees who work within the City of Los Angeles. This ordinance hasn’t been...more

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