?On Sept. 15, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board will continue the long and arduous journey to establish COVID-19 safety measures in the workplace. Since the California Division of Occupational... Read more »
?Takeaway: A court’s inquiry into whether an employer has provided suitable seating to employees should be fact-intensive and involve a multitude of job- and workplace-specific factors. ?In California, an employee is entitled... Read more »
To address the spread of monkeypox, the U.S. declared a public health state of emergency. California, Illinois and New York had already done the same. The disease can be transmitted through skin-to-skin... Read more »
?To address the spread of monkeypox, three states have declared a public health state of emergency and the federal government is expected to follow suit. The disease can be transmitted through skin-to-skin... Read more »
?To address the spread of monkeypox, three states have declared a public health state of emergency. The disease can be transmitted through skin-to-skin contact, but not by sharing office space and talking... Read more »
?California voters almost had the opportunity to vote on an $18 per hour minimum wage in November 2022. The state has a unique administrative process by which California citizens can propose laws... Read more »
?The U.S. Supreme Court recently refused to consider whether California’s controversial worker classification law should be blocked by a federal law that regulates the trucking industry. The court’s action on June 30... Read more »
?In 2020, California passed Assembly Bill (AB) 1731, which created an alternative process for employers to submit and be approved for work-sharing plan programs. Previously some employees would be eligible for unemployment... Read more »
?Takeaway: To show that an employer’s asserted reason for an employee’s discharge is a pretext for discrimination, an employee must do more than point to inconsistencies in the narrative or the use... Read more »
?The chief executive/chief financial officer of a company that owned rental property in California could be held personally liable for the company’s failure to pay wages to two tenants who were performing... Read more »