Commentary on Issues Facing California Employers
Keeping up with the deluge of COVID-19 laws, regulations, interpretive guidelines, and the like is quite a challenge for employers. You need to react to constantly changing circumstances and do so in a way that gives your company the best possible chance to succeed.
We have created a Coronavirus Resource page to help. We’ve not…
The Los Angeles City Council passed an Ordinance on Friday that fills some key gaps left open by the FFRCA (Families First Coronavirus Response Act). If you don’t know about the FFCRA yet, please visit our Coronavirus Resources page to read all about it.
This Supplemental Sick Leave Ordinance (“LA Supp Sick Ord”) provides 80…
One of my favorite things about California employment law is that it changes constantly. But this coronavirus situation changes minute to minute, and that’s hard to keep up with. Here are resources to help you stay current. Here’s a link to various sites that contain information – some by Fox Rothschild LLP, some by government…
With the rapidly evolving landscape, new issues arise daily for employers. Join our Labor & Employment and Hospitality teams, on March 12th at 12pm pacific time, for a Q&A format webinar on addressing COVID-19 concerns at work. While the focus will be on customer-facing industries such as hospitality and retail, most guidance is applicable to…
With cases of COVID-19, or novel Coronavirus, at 87 and rising in the United States, communities are bracing for widespread impact. Here are some issues for consideration in managing wellness (and fear) in the workplace:
Protecting Employees
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A recent ruling confirmed that the time an employee spends waiting in line for a security check is considered “hours worked” in California and must be paid. The California Supreme Court ruling applies even though the employees choose to bring in bags to work. Put another way, the employees could skip the line by not…
Gig economy giants Uber and Postmates failed to convince U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee that she should grant an injunction to prevent enforcement of AB-5. While seeking to halt enforcement of AB-5, the companies concurrently contend that the law does not apply to their drivers. In case you’re just tuning in, AB-5 creates a legal…
AB 51, which restricts workplace arbitration, was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2020. On December 30, 2019, US District Judge Kimberly Mueller granted a temporary restraining order to prevent the legislation from taking effect. On January 31, 2020, she issued a preliminary injunction extending the ban, and promised to explain her…
Here is the latest in a series of blogs about AB 51, the California bill that threatened mandatory arbitration. Thankfully, the District Court granted the preliminary injunction in full (not just temporarily), and stopped AB 51 from being enforced. That means that as long as the arbitration agreement is governed by the FAA (Federal Arbitration…
It’s hard work keeping up with all nine of California’s state and municipal Paid Sick Leave Laws. But Tyreen Torner has done more than kept up. She’s compiled all of their various requirements in this handy chart. Maybe you prefer looking up the requirements yourself, which is fine. We’re not here to judge. However,…
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