- Hours worked on a holiday, Saturdays or Sundays should be treated like hours worked on any other
October 2023
Compensation for Food Handler Certification in California
By Sayaka Karitani on
Posted in Wage and Hour
In October, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 476, which requires food facility employers to pay an employee for any cost associated with the employee obtaining a food handler card, considering the time it takes for the employee to complete the training and certification program to be compensable as “hours worked.”
Under the Health…
Wrap-Up of California’s 2023 Legislative Session: What Employers Need to Know
Posted in California
California’s 2023 legislative session ended on October 14, 2023, with a slew of new bills affecting employers. Governor Gavin Newsom signed more than 30 employment-related bills.
Highlights of the new laws affecting employers in California are summarized below. Most of the laws take effect January 1, 2024, unless otherwise indicated.
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Bills Signed on October 13, 2023
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Posted in California
California Gives Health Care Workers a Raise
By Jonathan A. Siegel & Allen F. Acosta on
Posted in Wage and Hour
Depending upon many different factors, a state-wide minimum wage has been established for healthcare workers in California which will be phased in over time. On October 13, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 525, which enacts a multi-tiered statewide minimum wage schedule for health care workers employed by certain covered healthcare facilities. The…
New California Law Makes Non-Compete Agreements Unlawful, Not Just Void
Posted in California
California’s Governor signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1076 on October 13, 2023, which adds new Business & Professions Code §16600.1, making it unlawful to impose non-compete clauses on employees – which contractual restrictions already are void under Business & Professions Code §16600.
AB 1076 codifies existing case law in Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP (2008) 44…
Reminder: City of Berkeley Fair Workweek Ordinance Operative January 2024
By Cepideh Roufougar & Julia A. Olivier on
Posted in Wage and Hour
In December 2022, the City of Berkeley passed the Fair Workweek Employment Standards Ordinance. The ordinance will become operative on January 12, 2024.
The Berkeley ordinance is similar to the City of Los Angeles’s Fair Work Week Ordinance which took effect April 1, 2023,and other local ordinances regarding how employees are scheduled…
California Legislative Updates for October 10th
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Posted in California
California’s New Requirement for Diversity Disclosures by Venture Capital Companies
By Michael D. Thomas on
Posted in California
California’s Governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 54, which requires a venture capital company to report annually to the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) on its funding determinations related to companies primarily founded by diverse founding team members.
Under the law, a venture capital company is covered by the requirements if it meets either of…
California Adds Leave for Reproductive Loss
By Monica H. Bullock & Arcelia N. Magaña on
Posted in Disability and Leave
Senate Bill (SB) 848, scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2024, requires employers with 5 or more employees to provide employees who have worked for at least 30 days with up to five days of reproductive loss leave.
Under the new law, it is unlawful for a covered employer to refuse to…