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California PAGA Reform Brings Employers Relief

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California employers can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The long-awaited and much-needed Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) reform has arrived. While the reform falls well short of the ballot initiative efforts to...more

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California Supreme Court Finds Good Faith Defense For Employers

When is an employer’s violation of providing employees with wage statements knowing and intentional, triggering financial penalties? Taking its second look at the case, the California Supreme Court ruled that an...more

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Minimum Wage Increases (and Other Changes) Are Coming on July 1, 2024

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With an anticipated increase in workers no longer subject to exemption from overtime pay under a new U.S. Department of Labor rule that is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2024 (learn more here), employers will need to...more

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California Labor Enforcement Agency Clarifies Sick Leave Rule

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Effective January 1, 2024, California law requires employers to provide employees at least forty (40) hours or five (5) days of Paid Sick Leave (PSL) per year, up from 24 hours/3 days in previous years....more

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Updates to Notices and Pamphlets California Employers Must Provide to New Hires

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Employers should be aware of three recent updates to certain notices and pamphlets that California employers must provide new hires.  ...more

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The Essentials—California Employment Law Update For 2024

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In the November edition of The Essentials, we outline key provisions of many of the new employment laws that will take effect in 2024. GENERALLY APPLICABLE NEW LAWS - AB 1076 and SB 699: Sweeping Prohibition Against...more

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California Employers Must Provide Additional Paid Sick Leave in 2024

On October 4, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 616 into law, which amends the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 by increasing the number of paid sick days (or hours) employees are entitled to...more

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The Essentials - California Employment Law Update

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The October edition of the Essentials marks the end of California’s legislative session. As a helpful summary for employers, we have outlined key provisions of the new California employment laws for 2022: MOST SIGNIFICANT,...more

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California Moves Toward Reopening, But Employers Will Still Have COVID-19 Obligations

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While California has announced tentative plans to lift COVID-19 restrictions by June 15, 2021, the difficulties for employers are not over. For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, California struggled to get infection rates...more

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California Adopts New COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Entitlement

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

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California's New COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

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On March 19, 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 95, which provides covered employees with up to 80 hours of COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave. The new legislation is different from the Families First...more

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California Reenacts and Expands Paid Sick Leave Related to COVID-19

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On March 19, California reenacted and expanded supplemental paid sick leave for covered absences related to COVID-19 through Senate Bill 95 (“SB 95”). SB 95 contains a 10-day grace period for employers to start providing the...more

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Bad News For Employers: The California Supreme Court Disallows Rounding Meal Periods And Creates A Presumption That The Meal...

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Background: Under California law, employers must provide non-exempt employees with one 30-minute meal period that begins no later than the end of the fifth hour of work and another 30-minute meal period that begins no...more

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California Supreme Court: Employee Time Punches Are Presumptive Evidence of Meal Period Compliance

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California’s Supreme Court issued an opinion today that will likely further increase employers’ risk of class action lawsuits arising out of meal periods. The court made two significant holdings: 1. While employers are...more

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Retroactive COVID-19 Supplemental Leave Benefits Take Effect in Unincorporated Los Angeles

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

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California Enacts New Laws Affecting Employers in 2021

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Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a number of bills that will affect California employers in 2021. Most significantly, the new laws greatly expand the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), create stringent workplace...more

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California Employers - Prepare for New (Non-COVID-19) 2021 Laws

By any measure, 2020 presented novel, life-changing experiences for all of us. The resilience and focus required to endure the seemingly relentless wave of changes have helped to hone the skills of most workplaces and allowed...more

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COVID-19 FAQs For California Employers

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We have prepared the following FAQ to guide California employers with respect to their workplace policies and their response to the orders and laws that have been passed at the federal, state and local level to contend with...more

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