On April 1, 2020, contemporaneous with the effective date of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or the Act), the Department of Labor (USDOL) published temporary regulations concerning interpretation and...more
As all employers confront the COVID-191 (coronavirus) pandemic, they must balance providing a safe and healthy work environment for their employees with a need to avoid potential liability when taking decisive, well-meaning...more
3/16/2020
/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Health and Safety ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
OSHA ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Public Health
Many California local ordinances have mid-year minimum wage rate increases effective July 1, 2019. Our prior advisory addressed the increases to the minimum wage rates effective January 1, 2019, under the California state law...more
Employers, understandably, want to know as much as possible about job candidates, and many look to background checks as a source of relevant information. Unfortunately, the laws governing employer use of background checks,...more
2017 has been a busy year for the California legislature, with the result that a number of new and significant employment laws have been added to the books and will take effect on January 1, 2018. Employers should take note...more
12/6/2017
/ Ban the Box ,
California Family Rights Act (CFRA) ,
Contractors ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Minimum Wage ,
Parental Leave ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Subcontractors ,
Supervisors ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour
Earlier this year, we issued a client Advisory concerning the California Fair Employment and Housing Council’s new regulations regarding the use of criminal history for employment purposes.
The new regulations took effect...more
The Fair Employment and Housing Council has finalized new regulations that will further limit employers’ ability to consider criminal history when making employment decisions. The new regulations are scheduled to take effect...more
Under the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) new guidance on employee disability leaves, employers are required to provide disability accommodation leave and reinstatement rights even for disabled employees who...more
Narrowly construing the California Labor Code provisions on meal periods, the California Court of Appeal struck down a provision in the Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders that allows health care employees working...more
On May 15, 2014, the California Court of Appeal provided positive news to employers seeking to maintain and enforce arbitration agreements. In Tiri v. Lucky Chances, Inc., a unanimous First Appellate District panel reversed a...more
The California Legislature was unusually active this year. Significantly, California increased the state minimum wage, created new “unfair immigration-related practices,” and expanded protections for whistleblowers. All laws...more
12/5/2013
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Crime Victims ,
Damages ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Discrimination ,
Domestic Workers ,
FEHA ,
Leave of Absence ,
Liens ,
Military Service Members ,
Minimum Wage ,
Paid Family Leave Insurance Program ,
Prevailing Party ,
Retaliation ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
Whistleblowers
Hospitals, health care providers, and managers of other businesses across the country may be surprised to learn that under a new federal court ruling, their organizations may now qualify as government contractors or...more