On March 19, 2021 Governor Newsom signed into law SB 95 (adding sections 248.2 and 248.3 to the Labor Code), which requires employers to pay California employees up to two weeks of COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave...more
3/31/2021
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Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Retroactive Application ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
With the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) rising in California, the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the Employment Development Department (EDD) have issued guidance and reminders on...more
3/11/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Department of Industrial Relations ,
EDD ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Guidance ,
OLSE ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
The filing of class actions against California employers for meal and rest break violations remain as prevalent as ever, but the California Courts of Appeal have recently issued two rulings that may help employer-defendants....more
12/3/2019
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Calculation of Damages ,
Class Action ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Failure To Pay ,
Labor Code ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Regulations ,
Penalties ,
Rate of Pay ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law 15 bills designed to provide greater employee protections in California. Among those bills were Assembly Bill 9 (“AB 9”) and Assembly Bill 51 (“AB 51”), both of which...more
10/29/2019
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Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
FEHA ,
Harassment ,
Labor Regulations ,
New Legislation ,
Retaliation ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws
Following in the wake of the #MeToo movement, two new bills adopted by the California Legislature will expand the temporal scope of state-law harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and sexual assault claims. ...more
10/4/2019
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Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
FEHA ,
Harassment ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statute of Limitations
The debate about whether the Dynamex decision applies retroactively is alive again thanks to a reverse course by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. As we previously discussed, in April 2018, the California Supreme Court...more
8/13/2019
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CA Supreme Court ,
Dynamex ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Retroactive Application ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Employers in California should be ready for a big change in the retirement law to take effect over the next three years. This change comes in the form of a new California program called CalSavers (formerly known as Secure...more
1/9/2019
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Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) ,
Payroll Deductions ,
Qualified Retirement Plans ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Retirement ,
Secure Choice Savings Program ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws
California is the birthplace of many of the best-known apps credited – or blamed, depending on your point of view – with fueling the gig economy. But the California Supreme Court issued a ruling on April 30, 2018 that will...more
5/7/2018
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CA Supreme Court ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour