On July 29, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion in Bailey v. San Francisco District Attorney’s Office reaffirming that the single use of a racial epithet can be severe enough to constitute actionable harassment under the California ...
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CDPH Changes to COVID Isolation Recommendations
On January 9, 2024, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) significantly relaxed the rules on COVID exclusion periods, moving away from the 5-day isolation requirement after a positive COVID test.
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EEOC Publishes New Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Regulations
On August 7, 2023, the EEOC proposed new regulations for implementing the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The PWFA was enacted in 2022 and went into effect on June 27th of this year. The law requires employers to make changes to working ...
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DIR Releases FAQs Regarding New Pay Transparency Law
The California Department of Industrial Relations recently published FAQs with interpretive guidance on the state’s new pay transparency law. As we detailed in our October legal update, the new pay transparency law went into effect on January 1, ...
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Testing for Off-the-Clock Marijuana Use Up in Smoke?
On September 18, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2188 into law, which prohibits employers from taking any adverse employment action against an employee because of their off-duty marijuana use. In enacting AB 2188, California becomes the latest ...
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New California Law Requires Employers to Provide Pay Information in Job Postings and to Current Employees Upon Request
On September 27, 2022, Governor Newsom signed the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act into law. SB 1162 is the latest in a series of laws passed in Colorado, Washington, and New York City that mandates pay transparency in an effort to combat gender ...
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Monitoring Employee Communications
Monitoring employee communications, especially instant messaging communications, is important to mitigate litigation risk. California’s discovery rules are broad, and allow discovery of any matter, not privileged, that is relevant to the subject ...
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California Mandates “Right to Recall” for Hospitality Employees
The Governor signed a bill on Friday, April 16, 2021, requiring certain employers who laid off workers during the pandemic to offer those workers available positions when jobs become available. Senate Bill 93 takes effect immediately and applies to ...
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