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By a hard-hitting 6-3 majority last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court barred the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) from implementing or enforcing its new COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The ETS would have required that all employers of 100 or more employees have proof that their employees are…
Continue Reading Vaccinate or Test Mandates: The U.S. Supremes Blew Out OSHA’s Mandate, But Other Shoes May Drop for Employers in CaliforniaCal/OSHA updated its FAQs to conform to the new recommendations of the California Department of…
Continue Reading Cal/OSHA Shortens Most Quarantine Guidelines to Sync with CDPHJust two weeks ago, we detailed the readopted Cal/OSHA rules on quarantining in the event…
Continue Reading New Year, New CA COVID-19 Rules Depend on Booster StatusAs of New Year’s Day, the minimum wage employers must pay California employees once again…
Continue Reading Buckle Up: Minimum Wage Hikes Coming on New Year’s Day!The Latest
The sharks are starting to circle around PAGA (Private Attorney General Act), a law that many California employers find crazy-making for all the reasons outlined here. PAGA may finally…
Continue Reading Will Employers Finally Get Some PAGA Relief in 2022?Jump-start the new year by learning how to mitigate modern business risks. On January 12, 2022, some of our terrific colleagues from Fox Rothschild’s Labor & Employment Practice Group will…
Continue Reading Forward Thinking: Employment Law Issues in 2022A little over a year ago, Cal/OSHA adopted the first emergency temporary standards (“ETS”) to address COVID-19 cases in the workplace. Now, the second set of revisions will take effect…
Continue Reading Cal/OSHA Extends and Revises Workplace COVID-19 GuidelinesWith California serving as the home to nearly 11 million immigrants – the largest population of any U.S. state – employers with workforces in the Golden State must balance compliance…
Continue Reading Immigration Trends and Tips for California BusinessesEmployees Verifying Customers’ Vaccination Status! New Risks and Practical Suggestions
Restaurants, bars and nightclubs in some of the most populous cities and counties in California must now verify that customers are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before allowing them in. The…
Continue Reading Employees Verifying Customers’ Vaccination Status! New Risks and Practical SuggestionsLos Angeles Businesses Must Now Police the Vaccination Status of Customers
As of Monday, restaurants, bars, malls, gyms, yoga studios, movie theaters, sports arenas, hair salons and many other businesses in Los Angeles must begin requiring that patrons show proof of…
Continue Reading Los Angeles Businesses Must Now Police the Vaccination Status of CustomersAs the pandemic landscape continues to evolve for employers, earlier today, OSHA published new emergency temporary standards on employee vaccination (ETS). California employers now need to navigate the nuances of…
Continue Reading CA Workplaces and the New Federal Vaccine GuidelinesBlog post by Fox Rothschild associate, Gabrielle Gordon
The close of the 2021 California legislative session brings forth a series of new wage and hour laws that impact employers and…
Continue Reading New California Wage & Hour Laws for 2022A topic that comes up nearly daily, contractor vs. employee classification still trips up even the most savvy employers. Nancy Yaffe and I have you covered! Join us for a…
Continue Reading Contractor vs. Employee ClassificationThe Employment Law Group
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