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California Appellate Court Holds that Employers Must Reimburse Work-from-Home Expenses During COVID Lockdown

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The Court of Appeal of the State of California recently held in Thai v. IBM, A165390, that employers are obligated to reimburse expenses incurred by employees working from home if those expenses are a consequence of the...more

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California Court of Appeal Clarifies Employer’s Obligation to Reimburse Expenses Depends on Whether They Were a Direct Consequence...

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On July 11, 2023, the California Court of Appeal in Thai v. IBM held that whether an employer is obligated to reimburse expenses incurred by an employee working from home turns on whether the expenses were a direct...more

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Governor Rolls Back California COVID-19 Executive Orders & Cal/OSHA Releases Draft Permanent COVID-19 Standard

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On June 17, 2022, Governor Newsom issued an executive order terminating certain provisions of prior executive orders related to Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). Some of the terminated orders were no...more

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Cal/OSHA Standards Board Adopts New COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards

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On April 21, 2022, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board (Board) met and formally adopted a third version of the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) by a vote of 6-1.   The new ETS makes a number of changes to prior ETS...more

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California’s OSHA Board Approves Third and Final Readoption of ETS

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California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board met on April 21 and approved the third and final readoption of the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard. This third readoption relaxes some of the prior COVID-19...more

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California Governor Newsom Aligns Cal/OSHA Face Covering Regulations With CDPH Guidance

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On February 28, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order that updates the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal/OSHA) COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) to align with...more

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The Great Unmasking? California Relaxes Masking Requirements Regardless of Vaccination Status

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In the surest sign that COVID-19 restrictions are moving to the rearview mirror once and for all, California has just relaxed its face covering requirements, regardless of vaccination status in most settings – and for most...more

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Cal/OSHA Confirms CDPH 5-Day Quarantine and Isolation Periods Override ETS Exclusion Periods

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On January 6, 2022, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) updated its answers on the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) isolation recommendation found in its guidance, “COVID-19...more

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Cal/OSHA Readopts Its Emergency Temporary Standards on COVID-19

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The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (the “Board”) voted this week to readopt the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID-19 prevention. The readopted ETS will be effective January 14, 2022. The...more

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Update: Gov. Newsom Signs AB 361 Amending the Brown Act

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Urgency Bill Takes Immediate Effect to Allow Virtual Meetings Under Certain Circumstances - As the California State Legislative session drew to a close on September 10, AB 361, one of several bills that had been introduced...more

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New York Medicaid Still Holding Onto Pandemic-Era Telehealth Expansions Even After COVID-19 Waivers Disappear

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As discussed in a prior blog post, effective June 25, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 210, which officially declared the end of the New York State of Emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a...more

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As California Opens for Business, Public Hearings Allowed To Continue Remotely Through At Least September 30, 2021

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In March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20, suspending open public meeting requirements under the Brown Act and Bagley-Keene Act thereby allowing state and...more

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Expansion of Public Meeting Teleconferencing During Pandemic Set to Expire in California

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In response to public agencies’ urgent need to adapt to the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20 (amending in part Executive Order N-25-20) to...more

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Cal-OSHA Adopts Revisions to COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards in the Workplace

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On June 17, 2021, the Cal-OSHA Board voted 5-1 to adopt its proposed revisions to its Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS), which much more closely align with the CDC guidance. That same day, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an...more

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CAL/OSHA ‘Readopts’ Standards That Now Account for Fully Vaccinated Employees in the Workplace

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The Cal/OSHA Standards Board voted on June 17 to “readopt” the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) with several revisions that brought the ETS rules for fully vaccinated employees more in line with the...more

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Summary of Cal/OSHA’s Revised COVID-19 ETS Adopted - June 2021

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On June 17, 2021, the California Occupational Safety & Health Standards (Cal/OSHA) Board voted to re-adopt its COVID-19 prevention emergency temporary standards (ETS) incorporating changes Cal/OSHA noticed on June 11, 2021...more

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Ready, Set, Re-open! - Cal/OSHA Finally Unmasks Revised COVID-19 Prevention Standards for California Employers

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With the re-opening of California businesses on June 15, 2021, Los Angeles County “retired” its safety protocols for most industries.  Unfortunately, while businesses opened their doors to the public, California employers...more

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CA employers finally have guidance from Cal-OSHA on updated workplace COVID-19 prevention protocols

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The state of California, after a series of recommendations that were made and then withdrawn, has finally settled on new workplace safety guidance. The Cal-OSHA Advisory Board approved the updated workplace COVID-19...more

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Cal/OSHA Adopts New COVID-19 Workplace Standards

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In what seems to be an endless bombardment of new information and policy in response to the COVID-19 crisis, Governor Newsom signed EXECUTIVE ORDER N-09-21 on June 17, 2021. The Governor accepted the recommendations of the...more

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Cal/OSHA Finally Enacts Revised Emergency Temporary Standards

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On June 17, 2021, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board voted to adopt revisions to the Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS), and Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order allowing the revised ETS to go into effect immediately. ...more

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Cal/OSHA Approves COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards; Executive Order Makes Them Effective Immediately

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On June 17, 2021, California's Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Standards Board) passed amended COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an Executive Order to make the amended ETS...more

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Cal/OSHA Approves New COVID-19 Workplace Standards

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On June 11, 2021, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) Board released its latest set of proposed revisions to its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). On June 17, 2021, Cal/OSHA met...more

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Easy As 1-2-3: Cal/OSHA Approves Third Emergency Standard Revision to Align With State Public Health Guidance

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In its third change in as many weeks, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, the standard-setting agency within Cal/OSHA, approved revisions to the November 30, 2020 emergency COVID-19 prevention...more

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California Safety Board Narrows Emergency Temporary Standards (Effective Immediately)

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As we previously reported, Cal/OSHA’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (“OSHSB”) held a series of special meetings to revise its controversial Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”) related to the ongoing...more

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It’s Final – California Revised COVID-19 Workplace Safety Rules are Now in Effect

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After a whirlwind several weeks, California just finalized changes to Cal/OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that immediately took effect and will require workplaces across the state to adjust their pandemic-related...more

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