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On July 23, 2024, California’s “Heat Illness Prevention in Indoor Places of Employment” regulation went into effect. The new regulation applies to most California workplaces where indoor temperatures reach 82°F or higher, and...more
As discussed in our previous alert, last month Cal/OSHA approved the Heat Illness Prevention in Indoor Places of Employment Standard (“Indoor Heat Standard”)....more
On July 24, 2024, California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) announced that the Indoor Heat Illness Prevention regulation, which the Cal/OSHA Standards Board unanimously approved on June 20, 2024, would take effect...more
Starting July 1, 2024, all employers in California with more than 10 employees are now required to implement comprehensive workplace violence policies....more
California employers who have not put together their Workplace Violence Prevention Plan need to move quickly. Effective July 1, almost all California employers (with a few exceptions) are required to...more
Last year, California enacted new legislation (SB 553, codified under California Labor Code Section 6401.9) requiring employers to create and maintain a workplace violence prevention plan (WVPP) and train their employees on...more
Starting July 1, 2024, California will begin requiring employers to implement a workplace violence prevention program. What are the New Requirements? California already requires nearly all employers to implement an...more
On March 27, 2024, Bill 42, an Act to prevent and fight psychological harassment and sexual violence in the workplace, was assented to by the Lieutenant governor of Québec ("Bill 42"). Jean Boulet, Minister of Labour,...more
Effective July 1, 2024, all California employers (with a few exceptions) – regardless of industry – are required to: (1) have a written Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (“WVPP”), (2) train employees on the WVPP, workplace...more
On March 26, 2024, the Phoenix (Arizona) City Council unanimously passed n ordinance requiring all city contractors and subcontractors to develop and maintain a written heat safety plan to prevent heat-related illnesses and...more
We recently wrote about proposed Oregon legislation that would have addressed workplace violence in healthcare settings but failed to move forward in the legislature due to concerns about a provision that would have made...more
In 2023, the California Legislature enacted a first-of-its-kind workplace violence prevention law that, unlike other workplace violence laws that apply to specific industries only (such as healthcare), applies across all...more
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) published a model workplace violence prevention plan and fact sheets for applicable industries to help employers comply with SB 553. As we noted in our 2023...more
While 2024 has already ushered in several mandated changes to employer practices and policies in California, the state’s new law requiring a workplace violence prevention plan and related training is in effect now, with a...more
As many employers now know, Senate Bill 553 (“SB 553”) mandates that covered employers implement their written Workplace Violence Prevention Plan(s) and employee training programs by July 1, 2024. On March 1, 2024, Cal/OSHA...more
As we reported in October, nearly all California employers must develop and adopt a written Workplace Violence Prevention Plan and implement related employee training as part of their existing Cal/OSHA Injury and Illness...more
On September 30, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 553 into law, creating a new layer to California employers’ existing injury and illness prevention programs (IIPP). Under SB 553, employers are required to...more
On January 1, 2024, several new employment laws took effect in Minnesota, based on bills passed during the 2023 legislative session. All employers with employees in Minnesota are subject to the following changes, discussed in...more
A new California law taking place on workplace violence requires employers to develop and implement written plans and interactive training to prevent and respond to on-the-job threats of violence by July 1, 2024. Among other...more
In the past few months, California Governor Newsom has signed numerous new employment laws affecting California employers of all sizes. Below is a summary of some of the laws going into effect in 2024....more
On November 10, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 7, which prohibits private employers in Texas from imposing vaccine mandates that require employees and/or contractors to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine....more
In the spirit of the season, we are using our annual "12 days of the holidays" blog series to address new California laws and their impact on California employers. On the ninth day of the holidays, my labor and employment...more
On November 7, 2023, Prince Edward Island (PEI) introduced Bill 106, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act (Bill 106) for First Reading. Bill 106 proposes to increase dramatically the paid sick leave to which employees...more
Governor Newsom recently signed a slew of new bills into law at the close of California’s 2023 legislative session. Of those, there are several employment-related laws that California employers should take note of. We...more
Last week, Governor Newsom finished signing 890 bills into law from the 2023 legislative session, while also vetoing 156 bills. These decisions will have far-reaching implications for California employers....more