Legal updates
Here you’ll find the latest news from Nuddleman Law Firm, PC.
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...
New DOL FAQs on FFCRA
Is that enough abbreviations for you? The Department of Labor just issued a few new answers to frequently asked questions about Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Expanded Family Medical Leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Now you know why I used the...
Bay Area Counties Double Down on Shelter-in-Place Orders
This Article was updated on 4/7/2020 to include correcting and clarifying information from the Temporary Regulations on the FFCRA. This is no April Fool’s joke. The same day the new Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act goes into effect, 8 Bay Area...