California’s new COVID-19 prevention regulations adopted today allow employers greater freedom in some respects and impose new burdens in others. The regulations adopted by the Cal/OSHA Standards Board go into
Continue Reading Cal/OSHA Adopts New COVID-19 Workplace Regulations – The Ground Shifts Again
New Cal/OSHA COVID-19 prevention regulations — set to go into effect no later than June 15 — were withdrawn late Wednesday by the Cal/OSHA Standards Board. The move took employers
Continue Reading New Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Regulations are Withdrawn! Cal/OSHA Huddles Over More Revisions.
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/OSHA
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 Law
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 California
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 Ramifications
The deadline for employers to file their first annual pay data report with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) – March 31 — is fast approaching. For
Continue Reading Act Now for More Time to File Your California Pay Data Report!
Please join our webinar “COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing: a Primer for Employers and Other Stakeholders” scheduled for February 19, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
The webinar will address the
Continue Reading You are Invited! “COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing: a Primer for Employers and Other Stakeholders”
Although restaurants may now resume outdoor dining in Los Angeles County, the devil, as they say, is in the details. Along with giving restaurants the go ahead for outdoor dining
Continue Reading Outdoor Restaurant Dining in Los Angeles County Comes at a Price: New Requirements
Newly posted FAQs bring employers welcome help in understanding what they need to do to satisfy Cal/OSHA’s Emergency Temporary COVID-19 Standards (ETS). These are key takeaways from the nearly 40
Continue Reading State Issues Important Guidance on Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Standards