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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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Reminder: Certain California Employers Without 401(k) Plans Must Register For CalSavers Retirement Program

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As of June 30, 2022, employers with at least five California employees must register for the CalSavers Retirement Program if they do not otherwise offer a 401(k) plan to their employees. The CalSavers Retirement Savings Trust...more

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California Extends, Intends to Update COVID-19 Cal/OSHA ETS

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On February 28, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom extended the second readoption of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal/OSHA) COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) currently...more

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New Year Means Newly Expanded Enforcement Authority for Cal/OSHA

In our annual California Legislative Update, we briefly explained that SB 606 expanded the enforcement authority of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) in various ways. With the new law’s...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

California 2022 Employment Law Update

California lawmakers continue to remake the employment landscape, enacting several new laws for 2022, including ones that change how employers handle separation agreements, workplace investigations, and workplace safety. Here...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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Los Angeles County Passes Proposal to Mandate $5 per Hour “Hero Pay” Increase for Food and Drugstore Employees

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On January 5, 2020, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (“Board”) approved a proposal, available here (“Proposal”), that would mandate that all food and drugstore employees in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles...more

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California Imposes Sweeping COVID-19 Requirements on Employers Related to Prevention, Notification, Reporting, Testing, Mandatory...

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Effective November 30, 2020, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal-OSHA”) has adopted broad emergency regulations on COVID-19 workplace prevention. These requirements remain in effect for 180 days and...more

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Cars, Flowers, Toys, Books, Clothes and Sporting Goods: Los Angeles Opens Up Some Businesses

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Effective May 8, 2020, the City and County of Los Angeles announced that specific retail businesses are permitted to open for online or phone orders, with curbside pickup only, including florists, toy stores, music stores,...more

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California Imposes New Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Certain Food Industry Workers

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Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an Executive Order mandating 80 hours of supplemental paid sick leave for COVID-19 related reasons be provided to “food sector workers” at private companies with 500 or more...more

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