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New Employment Laws for 2023 Part 2 of 2
Welcome to Part 2 of our October review of the end-of-year employment measures signed by the Governor. In the prior article we discussed new leave requirements and health and safety rules that will likely require updates to company handbooks. This installment covers...
New Employment Laws for 2023 Part 1 of 2
It’s that time of year again! With October comes the annual slew of bills passed by the Governor. This year, Governor Newsom signed into law a host of new and revised labor and employment laws. There’s so much packed into the new bills that this will be a two-part...
New Cal-OSHA Isolation and Quarantine Mandates
I've been fielding a lot of calls from employers and employees with questions about how to handle workplace exposures and workers who are out sick, possibly due to COVID-19. The rise in COVID-19 cases is resulting in a lot of absences from work. Cal-OSHA's COVID-19...
Cal-OSHA Updates COVID-19 Workplace Rules
Cal-OSHA enacts new COVID-19 Workplace rules for employers. Governor Newsom issues an executive order making them effective immediately.
Flurry of Changes to California Employment Law
End of Legislative Session Brings Several Changes to the California Workplace The combination of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the clock running out on this year’s legislative session produced a lot of tweaks to California employment law, ranging from workers’...
California Mandates FMLA/CFRA Leave for Small Employers
The Federal Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) and the state equivalent California Family Rights Act (“CRFA”) require employers with 50 or more employees working within a 75-mile radius to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off for serious or chronic medical...
Free Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
California employers with 5 or more employees must provide sexual harassment prevention training for all employees every two years. Supervisors must receive 2-hours of training. All other employees must receive at least 1-hour of training. The training must cover...
Updated Employment Laws for San Francisco Employers
Employers with employees performing work in San Francisco need to know of three changes to local employment laws that take effective July 1, 2020: Minimum Wage Increases to $16.07 Paid Parental Leave Expands to 8 Weeks Updated Required Posters Generally speaking, San...
Sexual Orientation and Transgender Status are Protected by Title VII
In the long fight for equality, the Supreme Court officially ruled that dismissing an employee for being homosexual or transgender violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964 under Title VII. In 1964, Congress “outlawed discrimination in the workplace on the basis of race,...
Fight for Equality
In the wake of the terrible abuse of power and murder of George Floyd and the ensuing protests coupled with rioters taking advantage of the situation, I wasn’t sure how or whether to respond publicly. I don’t view myself as having a huge public reach, and typically...