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The California Supreme Court just made it even more difficult to do business in California. Overturning the ruling of two lower courts, on July 15, 2021, the Court held in Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC that meal and rest premiums must be paid at the “regular rate” not…
Continue Reading California Supreme Court Rules that Meal and Rest Premiums Must be Paid at the “Regular Rate”During the pandemic when workplaces were closed and employees had to work from home due…
Continue Reading When & How Much to Pay for Work-From-Home Expenses in a Post Pandemic WorldEffective July 1, 2021, San Francisco’s minimum wage increases to $16.32. This is an increase…
Continue Reading San Francisco Minimum Wage Goes Up to $16.32 on July 1, 2021Cal/OSHA Adopts New COVID-19 Workplace Regulations – The Ground Shifts Again
California’s new COVID-19 prevention regulations adopted today allow employers greater freedom in some respects and…
Continue Reading Cal/OSHA Adopts New COVID-19 Workplace Regulations – The Ground Shifts AgainThe Latest
New mandatory COVID-19 prevention protocols are coming from Cal/OSHA, but not quite as soon as expected. The vote to adopt revised regulations governing COVID-19 protocols in California workplaces has been…
Continue Reading Delayed, but Here Shortly: New COVID-19 Regulations from Cal/OSHAFox Rothschild Webinars: ADA Accommodation in Workers’ Compensation Context & Practical/Legal Issues for Remote Workers
My colleagues around the country are putting on some pretty fabulous webinars in June that will be informative to employers (especially those who operate both inside and outside of California).…
Continue Reading Fox Rothschild Webinars: ADA Accommodation in Workers’ Compensation Context & Practical/Legal Issues for Remote WorkersThe Must Have Fox Rothschild Guide to Doing Business in California (and It Is Free!)
Getting ready to reopen in California and need a refresher on what makes California law “special”?
Have plans to open an office/location somewhere in California and want to understand what…
Continue Reading The Must Have Fox Rothschild Guide to Doing Business in California (and It Is Free!)This week has been full of back to work buzz. Can we return to work? What about planning a team happy hour? Questions abound, yet answers require sorting through a…
Continue Reading FAQs On Office Reopening and Meeting ProtocolsEmployees Laid Off Due to COVID-19 Pandemic are Given Recall Rights Under New State Law
Employers in the hotel, event center, airport and private club sectors and those providing services to commercial buildings must now give employees who were laid off due to the COVID-19…
Continue Reading Employees Laid Off Due to COVID-19 Pandemic are Given Recall Rights Under New State LawIn the words of a mediator in a recent case, “at least you get a discount for not being an @ssh%le.”
Yes, many employers actually try to, and even succeed…
Continue Reading Doing the Right Thing Versus Proving You Did the Right ThingNew COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Scheme is Imposed on Employers Operating in California
Beginning Monday, March 29, 2021, employers must begin providing California employees a new form of COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave. The new version reaches small and large employers alike and…
Continue Reading New COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Scheme is Imposed on Employers Operating in CaliforniaWhy Are We Still Talking About Sexual Harassment? Because People Are Still Acting Creepy That’s Why
Another blog about sexual harassment – why? Because it still happens all of the time, that’s why!! I wish it didn’t, but it does.
Continue Reading Why Are We Still Talking About Sexual Harassment? Because People Are Still Acting Creepy That’s WhyCity of Los Angeles Imposes “Hero Pay” Requirement – Risks and Ramifications
Starting Monday, grocery stores, drug stores and big box retailers in the City of Los Angeles will be required to pay “Premium Hazard Pay” – an additional $5.00 per hour…
Continue Reading City of Los Angeles Imposes “Hero Pay” Requirement – Risks and RamificationsThe Employment Law Group
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