Effective July 1, 2021, San Francisco’s minimum wage increases to $16.32. This is an increase of 25 cents from the prior minimum wage ($16.07). The increases are tied to increases
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Cal/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 impose new burdens in others. The regulations adopted by the Cal/OSHA Standards Board go into
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New Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Regulations are Withdrawn! Cal/OSHA Huddles Over More Revisions.
New Cal/OSHA COVID-19 prevention regulations — set to go into effect no later than June 15 — were withdrawn late Wednesday by the Cal/OSHA Standards Board.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
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Delayed, but Here Shortly: New COVID-19 Regulations from Cal/OSHA
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
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Fox 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).
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The 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
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FAQs On Office Reopening and Meeting Protocols
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
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Employees 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
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Doing the Right Thing Versus Proving You Did the Right Thing
In 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
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New 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
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