Last week, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-62-20 creating a presumption of workers’ compensation eligibility for California employees who have contracted or who later contract COVID-19 at any time since reporting to...more
The EEOC continues to update its pandemic preparedness guidance regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, and other Equal Employment Opportunity laws in the wake of COVID-19. The guidance...more
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The federal government has enacted extensive COVID-related legislation but left open the question of what industries, and which workers in those industries, are deemed “essential” during the pandemic. So far those decisions...more
Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an Executive Order authorizing local governments to halt evictions and foreclosures, as well as prohibit utility shutoffs related to the same. Any provision of state law that would...more