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California Courts Weighing In re Employees and COVID-19

California courts recently issued two guiding decisions relating to COVID-19: In Thai v. International Business Machines Corp., 2023 Cal. App. LEXIS 526, the Court of Appeal held that a government mandate to work from...more

COVID-19: California Nixes Negative Test Requirement to End Isolation Early

On March 3, 2023, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced changes to its COVID-19 guidelines. A few days later, the County of Los Angeles announced it will align a few of its guidelines with the CDPH....more

New COVID-19 Prevention Regulations Are Now in Effect: The End of Exclusion Pay

Download PDF On December 15, 2022, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted to adopt non-emergency COVID-19 prevention regulations (“New Regulations.”) The New Regulations, which went into effect...more

New Legislation Affecting California Employers – Part 3

The California Legislature enacted numerous new bills – some (like those regarding COVID-19) are in effect now. Others require employer compliance as of January 1, 2023. This is the third part in a series of posts regarding...more

Cal/OSHA’s Revised COVID-19 Standards Up for Approval

On April 21, 2022, the California Occupation Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) voted to re-adopt a revised version of the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”).  Once approved the revised ETS will go into...more

Revised Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Regulations in Effect January 14, 2022

On December 16, 2021, California’s Division of Occupational Safety & Health (Cal/OSHA) approved revised and more restrictive COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). The revised standards will go into effect January 14,...more

Stay! 5th Circuit Affirmed Temporary Stay on OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccine/Testing Requirements

As we previously wrote, on November 4, 2021 the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued its Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”) requiring larger employers to verify their employees’ COVID-19...more

OSHA Vaccination & Testing Mandate for Larger Employers

On November 4, 2021, the federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration (“OSHA”) published the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to ensure workers are fully vaccinated or...more

City of Los Angeles Mandates Paid Leave for COVID-19 Vaccine Purposes

On June 24, 2021, the City of Los Angeles issued an emergency order requiring all employers to provide COVID-19 vaccine related leave to employees who work within the City of Los Angeles. The leave includes the travel time...more

Revised COVID-19 Regulations Take Immediate Effect

After a period of uncertainty and public backlash, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal/OSHA’s) Board finally adopted revisions to the COVID-19 regulations on June 17, 2021....more

Cal/OSHA Withdraws Revised Regulations

If you’ve watched the news, you probably heard about the on-again/off-again changes to California’s workplace regulations. ...more

Cal/OSHA Expected to Adopt Revised COVID-19 Workplace Regulations

In November 2020, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) issued COVID-19 regulations that required employers to follow certain procedures and safety precautions to protect employees from COVID-19...more

Top Employer Questions as We Round the Curve to the New Year

Welcome to the holiday season! Usually, this is the time we advise employers about holiday celebrations, provide warnings about serving alcohol during company parties, and field questions regarding employee time off requests....more

Cal/OSHA’s New Employer Compliance re COVID-19

On November 30, 2020, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) adopted emergency regulations to protect workers from COVID-19. The regulations require employers to develop an investigation,...more

Roadmap for Compliance: General and Industry-Specific Guidance for Reopening

We are now on the road to recovery – and the reopening of our businesses. Although most of us wish it were as easy as turning on a light switch, it will not be an overnight fix or a quick return to normal. Rather, it will be...more

COVID-19: Return to Work Employer FAQs

Now that we have been sheltering in place for close to two months, most of us are eagerly waiting for life to return to “normal.” We all want our businesses to thrive and to become fully operational again. However, we know it...more

COVID-19: California Employer Frequently Asked Questions Updated

1. Can I ask employees to leave the workplace and stay home if I suspect they have COVID-19? If an employee is exhibiting symptoms related to COVID-19 (i.e., cough, shortness of breath, fever) you may ask the employee to...more

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