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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Limiting Lame-Duck Collective Bargaining Agreements That Improperly Attempt to Constrain the New President (Trump EO Tracker)

Summary - Makes it the policy of the executive branch that collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) reached in the 30 days prior to the inauguration of an incoming president shall not be approved. Instructs agency heads to...more

Fisher Phillips

The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from September 2021

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Mother of All Presumptions 2.0: Expanding Workers Compensation Benefits to Employees That Test Positive for COVID-19

Effective immediately, Senate Bill (SB) 1159 is a new California law that establishes presumptions about workers’ compensation benefits for employees who contract COVID-19. This article explains in a series of questions and...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Workers’ Compensation Liability Is Catching In California

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Senate Bill 1159 was signed into law by Governor Newsom on September 17, 2020, and went into effect immediately. Under the new law, if employees test positive for COVID-19 under specific circumstances,...more

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New Paid Sick Leave Requirements for California Employers

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On September 9, 2020, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1867, which enacts new Labor Code §§ 248, 248.1, and 248.5, and provides supplemental paid sick leave benefits to certain employees who are not covered by the federal...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

UPDATED - CA Expands Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave

New material since Friday. EDITOR’S NOTE: We posted on this legislation on Friday, but there were additional developments that occurred over the weekend, so we are replacing the Friday post with the following updated...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

California’s New Supplemental Paid COVID-19 Sick Leave, Effective September 19, 2020

On September 9, 2020, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1867 (“AB 1867”), which is intended to fill gaps left by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). The new law requires that private employers with 500...more

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California Mandates COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Employers Not Covered by the FFCRA

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Large employers in California must now comply with a California version of the federal Families First COVID Response Act (“FFCRA”). On September 10, 2020, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill No. 1867 requiring...more

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Impact of President Trump Likely Limited for California Employers

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The new president will likely bring substantial shifts in federal government policy, but California employers will be less affected by the changes because California has so many of its own employment laws. Here are some...more

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