Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 1, 2020, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved another temporary emergency ordinance, this time protecting employees, contractors, and job applicants from adverse employment action if...more
9/23/2020
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covered Employees ,
Crisis Management ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Local Ordinance ,
Low-Wage Workers ,
Quarantine ,
San Francisco ,
Sick Employees ,
State and Local Government ,
Workplace Safety
Seyfarth Synopsis: As several counties struggled to get, and remain, off of the California County Data Monitoring List, Governor Newsom unveiled a new framework with revised criteria for loosening and tightening COVID-19...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 23, 2020, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an emergency “Right to Reemployment” Ordinance in response to layoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mayor had ten days to take action on...more
7/9/2020
/ City Councils ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covered Business ,
Emergency Rule ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Layoffs ,
Local Ordinance ,
Notice Requirements ,
Record Retention ,
Rehiring Issues ,
Right to Reemployment ,
San Francisco
Seyfarth Synopsis: Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose all passed emergency paid sick leave ordinances mandating employers to provide supplemental leave to employees unable to work as a result of the COVID-19 public health...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the San Jose City Council enacted emergency ordinances to expand paid sick leave beyond that provided under the federal Families First Coronavirus...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance to expand paid sick leave to employees not entitled to leave under the federal Families First Coronavirus...more
4/16/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Guidance Update ,
Local Ordinance ,
Mayor-Breed ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Leave ,
Parental Leave ,
politics ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
San Francisco ,
Vacation Leave ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Following the statewide stay-at-home mandate issued by Governor Newsom on March 19, 2020, three California counties, Amador, Merced, and Ventura, and the City of Palm Springs issued their own orders to...more
3/23/2020
/ City of Los Angeles ,
Construction Industry ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Environmental Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
Governor Newsom ,
Hospitals ,
Local Ordinance ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
San Francisco ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
State and Local Government ,
State of Emergency
Seyfarth Synopsis: Mayor Ed Lee signed the “Parity in Pay Ordinance” (“Ordinance”) on July 19, 2017, prohibiting employers from inquiring about a job applicant’s salary history. The law will go into effect on July 1, 2018...more
7/27/2017
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Local Ordinance ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: San Francisco is likely to be the next jurisdiction to prohibit employers from asking job applicants about wage history. If signed by the Mayor, as expected, the law will go into effect on July 1, 2018...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The West Coast is turning back to pay equity. Last year, California led the charge and became the first state to adopt a more onerous pay equity law. The East Coast then joined, with stringent pay laws...more
6/9/2017
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Equity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Local Ordinance ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Wage and Hour