Effective July 1, 2024, Senate Bill 553 requires employers with at least one employee to take several steps to prevent workplace violence, including implementing a written workplace violence prevention plan, providing training on the plan, and ...
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Updates
Beginning 2024, Employers Will Be Required to Provide 40 Hours (or 5 Days) of Paid Sick Leave to All Employees
An overview of the Paid Sick Leave Law
In 2014, California enacted the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act, also known as the Paid Sick Leave Law (PSLL). The PSLL covers all employers in the State of California as well as all full-time, ...
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Use of Criminal History Information in Employment Decisions Has Become More Difficult Due to Recent Changes to California’s Background Check Law
In 2018, California enacted the Fair Chance Act (“FCA”), also known as the “ban-the-box” law, which added the FCA to California’s employment anti-discrimination statute, the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”), which is enforced by the Civil ...
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Supreme Court Expands Liability Under the Fair Employment and Housing Act to Third-Party Vendors
In an unprecedented decision issued last month, the Supreme Court ruled in Kristina Raines v. U.S. Healthworks Medical Group, et al. that third-party vendors, who handle labor and employment issues for an employer, can be independently sued as ...
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Annual Handbook Review Should Address New NLRB Decision Limiting Codes of Conduct
Most employers utilize handbooks to familiarize employees with basic workplace rules and procedures. Because of the ongoing changes in California’s labor and employment laws, annual handbook reviews are typically required to prevent a handbook from ...
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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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Cautionary Tale: Delay in Payment of Arbitration Fees Can Result in Waiver of Right to Proceed in Arbitration
A recent court of appeal decision in the case of Cvejic v. Skyview Capital, LLC is a stark reminder of the need for employers and their counsel to “pay attention” and promptly pay arbitration fees or risk waiving the hard earned right to ...
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California Supreme Court Rules that Employees Who Prevail on Individual PAGA Penalty Claims in Arbitration Can Also Pursue Civil Actions for Co-worker Penalty Claims
In a ruling with critical implications for California employers, on July 17, 2023, the California Supreme Court held that employees can file a civil action under the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) even if they are bound by contract to submit ...
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