In this episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part four of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing best practices for effectively memorializing the investigation in a...more
In this featured episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part three of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing how to make reasonable investigative findings once all...more
In this featured episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part three of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing how to make reasonable investigative findings once all...more
In this featured episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part two of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing best practices for collecting information during a workplace...more
In this featured episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part two of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing best practices for collecting information during a workplace...more
California Labor Code section 512 guarantees a thirty (30) minute, off-duty, meal period for employees after five (5) work hours, and a second thirty (30) minute, off duty, meal period after ten (10) work hours. Section 512...more
Shortly after taking office, President Trump signed Executive Order 14173 (“Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity”) commonly referred to as the “Anti-DEI Order” (hereinafter simply referred to as...more
Recent legal developments have impacted drug and alcohol policy enforcement in the workplace. In this episode of California Employment News, Weintraub Labor & Employment attorneys Lizbeth “Beth” West and Ryan Abernathy...more
Recent legal developments have impacted drug and alcohol policy enforcement in the workplace. In this episode of California Employment News, Weintraub Labor & Employment attorneys Lizbeth “Beth” West and Ryan Abernathy...more
This is a follow-up to our recent blog post regarding Senate Bill 399 (“SB 399”) and its prohibition on an employer’s right to take adverse action against an employee who refuses to attend meetings related to “political...more
1/14/2025
/ California ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Governance ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Preemption ,
State Labor Laws
If you followed California’s 2024 Legislative term, you know that Senate Bill 399 (“SB 399”) was passed and signed into law by Governor Newsom on September 27, 2024. For the most part, SB 399 has been described as a new...more
1/10/2025
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
California ,
Compliance ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Governor Newsom ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
Political Speech ,
Punitive Damages ,
Religious Beliefs ,
State Labor Laws
There are a number of statutes in California that grant eligible employees the right to take a leave of absence for various reasons. SB848 creates a new leave of absence entitlement under CA law regarding reproductive loss....more
There are a number of statutes in California that grant eligible employees the right to take a leave of absence for various reasons. SB848 creates a new leave of absence entitlement under CA law regarding reproductive loss....more
California recently amended its sick leave law, the Healthy Families Healthy Workplace Act, by increasing paid sick leave accrual mandates and sick time cap amounts. Lizbeth (“Beth”) West and Shauna Correia discuss these...more
The Legislature was busy again in 2023, and the Governor signed a number of employment-related bills. This blog post is not intended to discuss the details of every employment bill that was signed into law. Instead, below...more
10/27/2023
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
Cal-OSHA ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Paid Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
The California Legislature is considering whether employees who are currently working from home have a right to continue to do so until the employer provides advance written notice of the need to return to the workplace. ...more
In this episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part four of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing best practices for effectively memorializing the investigation in a...more
UPDATE:
FIFTH CIRCUIT BLOCKS ENFORCEMENT OF THE FEDERAL OSHA COVID-19 VACCINE/TESTING MANDATE.
On November 6, 2021, a panel of the fifth circuit issued a stay against the enforcement of OSHA‘s new emergency temporary...more
11/8/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Policies ,
False Statements ,
Immunization Records ,
Masks ,
OSHA ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Popular ,
Religious Exemption ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing
Join the attorneys from Weintraub Tobin’s Labor and Employment Group as they discuss important legal developments from 2018 and review a number of new laws facing employers in 2019.
Program Highlights:
• New Federal...more
1/7/2019
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Events ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Leave of Absence ,
NLRB ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
In its December 14, 2017 decision entitled Boeing Company and Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, IFPTE Local 2001 ( “Boeing” ),the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) reversed itself and adopted...more