Earlier this year, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the State of California's COVID-19 State of Emergency will end on February 28, 2023. Since then, numerous localities have announced the end of their own states of...more
Governor Newsom announced Monday that California's COVID-19 State of Emergency will come to an end on February 28, 2023, after being in effect for almost three years. The four-month phaseout timeline is designed to provide...more
Governor Newsom approved many new employment laws late last week which generally favor employee rights and significantly expand employer obligations. Given that the majority of these new laws will become effective January 1,...more
On September 22, 2021, Governor Newsom signed AB 701 into law, a bill that will require large employers to ensure quotas do not interfere with warehouse worker meal and rest periods under California's wage orders. Below is a...more
On April 16, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 93 (SB 93), which requires certain employers to offer open job positions to employees who were laid off for reasons related to COVID-19. SB 93, which takes...more
Prompted by expiring state and federal emergency leave laws, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently enacted an urgency ordinance that revises its earlier Worker Protection Ordinance, which now provides paid...more
On September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two laws creating new or expanded obligations concerning COVID-19—Senate Bill (SB) 1159 and Assembly Bill (AB) 685. These new laws will require employers to...more
On September 4, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2257 (AB 2257), the eagerly anticipated “clean up” legislation revising Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), California’s stringent independent contractor law. AB 5 wrote...more
This program will be a multi-speaker discussion on some of the upcoming challenges employers face as they transition their work forces back into California workplaces....more
5/11/2020
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Classification ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Furloughs ,
Government Shutdown ,
Governor Newsom ,
Hazard Pay ,
Medical Monitoring ,
Public Health ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Rehiring Issues ,
Remote Working ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars ,
Workplace Safety
Earlier this year, Governor Newsom signed two amendments to SB 1343 extending the deadline to comply with California’s expansion of sexual harassment training requirements to January 1, 2021. ...more