As the Southern California wildfires rage on with devastating consequences, employers may be grappling to formulate an appropriate response....more
1/23/2025
/ California ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Paid Leave ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wildfires
California is one of a growing list of states requiring employers to make certain pay transparency disclosures to employees and applicants. California employers already had an obligation to provide pay scales to job...more
The California legislature has presented S.B. 1162 (“the Bill”) to Governor Gavin Newsom. If the Governor signs the Bill into law, California will follow the lead of jurisdictions like Colorado and New York City by requiring...more
Effective May 3, 2021, the California Department of Public Health issued COVID-19 Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People, applicable to non-health care settings, in response to the Interim Public Health...more
5/14/2021
/ Best Practices ,
Business Continuity Plans ,
California ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health and Safety ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
In recent years, wage discrimination has been a hot topic and with it, the question of whether employers may rely on a worker’s salary history to justify a pay disparity between male and female employees. In a 2018 case...more
7/25/2020
/ Disparate Impact ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Wage and Hour
California generally requires that, when employees accrue vacation time during their employment, any accrued but unused vacation time must be paid out at the end of employment. ...more
This year, Governor Gavin Newsom signed numerous employment-related bills that landed on his desk. Among the major changes that will affect employers with California operations in the coming year are the following...more
10/25/2019
/ ABC Test ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Corporate Counsel ,
DFEH ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Governor Newsom ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
New Legislation ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
This year, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a number of bills affecting employers with California operations, many of which pertain to sexual harassment. Among the changes are the imposition of certain restrictions when...more
10/18/2018
/ Board of Directors ,
Employee Rights ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
FEHA ,
Gender Equity ,
Governor Brown ,
Hiring & Firing ,
New Legislation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Now is the time of year for California employers to review the numerous employment laws that will be going into effect in 2017 to ensure that their policies and practices are in compliance and properly address new...more
12/23/2016
/ Choice-of-Law ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Pay ,
Fair Pay Act ,
FEHA ,
Juveniles ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Regulations ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Public Contracts ,
Retirement Plan ,
Unruh Civil Rights Act ,
Wage and Hour
Beginning on July 1, 2015, most California employers are required to offer nearly all of their employees paid sick time under the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act (“Act”), codified at California Labor Code sections...more