On July 1, 2025, minimum wage increases will go into effect in a number of cities and counties in California. To ensure compliance, employers with workers in the state should review their applicable local wage laws, post the...more
Approved legislation covers topics from paid leave to freelance work, driver's license discrimination to intersectionality discrimination, a "captive audience" ban to social compliance audits, with other laws specifically...more
10/30/2024
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Workplace Safety ,
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On Friday, February 3, 2023, Cal/OSHA's new COVID semi-permanent rule went into effect, ending the Cal/OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that applied to most employers in California since November 2020. The Cal/OSHA...more
On December 15, 2022, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) voted to adopt COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulations (Non-Emergency Regulations). Approval by the Office of Administrative...more
California lawmakers continue to remake the employment landscape, enacting several new laws for 2022, including ones that change how employers handle separation agreements, workplace investigations, and workplace safety. Here...more
Nearly three months after the expiration of California's first COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Law, California has adopted a new entitlement to Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) for employees dealing with COVID-19...more
3/29/2021
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Wage and Hour
Prompted by expiring state and federal emergency leave laws, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently enacted an urgency ordinance that revises its earlier Worker Protection Ordinance, which now provides paid...more
Given the barrage of local, state, and federal COVID-19 legislation in 2020, California employers may be confused as to what to do now—in 2021—when employees test positive for COVID-19. Here is a five-step guide of what to do...more
2/18/2021
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Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting ,
Workplace Safety
Employers throughout California are scrambling to understand and comply with Cal/OSHA’s sweeping new COVID-19 prevention rule, which was enacted on an emergency basis and went into effect on November 30. The regulation...more
12/7/2020
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Workplace Safety
If an employer learns that an employee infected with COVID-19 was at the workplace, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public health authorities encourage or require the employer to identify other...more
On September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two laws creating new or expanded obligations concerning COVID-19—Senate Bill (SB) 1159 and Assembly Bill (AB) 685. These new laws will require employers to...more
As businesses begin to reopen with more to follow in a phased process, federal, state, and local laws issued in response to COVID-19 continue to proliferate and create unique challenges for employers. ...more
This program will be a multi-speaker discussion on some of the upcoming challenges employers face as they transition their work forces back into California workplaces....more
5/11/2020
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Furloughs ,
Government Shutdown ,
Governor Newsom ,
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Remote Working ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour ,
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Workplace Safety