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California Ushers in a New Wave of Employment Laws, Effective Next Year

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Signing off on a busy legislative year, Governor Newsom just confirmed into law over a dozen bills from the California Legislature. As a result, many California employees will begin next year with new and enhanced rights...more

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Local Ordinances California Hospitality Employers Need to Know

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The hospitality industry is important to California’s economy and provides significant employment across the state. Due to the large workforce within the hospitality sector, many cities across the state have implemented...more

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Pay Attention to Those California City Boundaries

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We know that many cities in California have their own minimum wages. And we also know that several of those cities had minimum wage increases in July 2024, including: Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, Fremont, Los Angeles...more

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California Expands Right to Recall for Hospitality Employees

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During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, California enacted a temporary right to recall for hospitality employees, codified as Labor Code section 2810.8. This law covers laid-off employees who were employed for the...more

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COVID-19 Right of Recall Extended

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On October 10, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 723, which moves the expiration the right of recall rights for employees in the hospitality and service industry from December 31, 2024, to December 31, 2025. The...more

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What Retailers Should Know About California Scheduling Ordinances

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The City of Los Angeles’s Retail Fair Workweek Ordinance, which takes effect April 1, 2023, is not the only local ordinance in the Golden State that affects how retailers and other employers handle scheduling....more

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The City of Berkeley Passed a Fair Work Week Ordinance

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On December 13, 2022, the City of Berkeley passed the Fair Workweek Employment Standards Ordinance on the second reading. The ordinance will take effect in January 2023; however, it will not become operative until 2024...more

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Some Basics on Tips & Gratuities in California

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As defined by Labor Code section 350, a “tip” or “gratuity” includes any money that has been paid, given to, or left for an employee by a patron of a business over and above the actual amount due to the business for services...more

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The City of Irvine May Be Next to Pass a Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance

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In recent years several cities, including Los Angeles and West Hollywood have passed hotel worker protection ordinances, which put both safety and workload protections in place....more

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