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California’s Governor Signs Several New Employment Bills on September 29th
Read more about the new laws affecting employers in California.
California Expands Who an Employee Can Care for Under the CFRA and California Paid Sick Leave Law
Bereavement Leave Now Protected in California
California Passes New Requirements for Call Center Employers…
California’s Governor Signed Several New Employment Laws on September 27th
Read more about the new laws affecting employers in California.
- New Legislation Signed Regarding Wage Theft
- Expansion for CFRA Leave to Include Parents-in-Law and Modifications to DFEH Mediation Program
- Changes to Wage Law for the Garment Manufacturing Industry
- California Expands Cal/OSHA’s Citation Authority
- California Expands PPE Stockpile and Employee Training Requirements to Address Wildfire Smoke
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New California Law Extends Statute of Limitations to File FEHA Claim to Three Years
Presently, an employee alleging harassment, discrimination, or other claim under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) has one year from the alleged act to file a complaint with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”). Filing such a complaint is a prerequisite to filing a civil action. The employee can either request that…
California Supreme Court Rejects Claim for Unpaid Wages under PAGA
Putting an end to employees’ backdoor attempts to recover unpaid wages in Private Attorneys General Act-only actions under California Labor Code Section 558, the California Supreme Court has ruled against allowing such claims. ZB, N.A., et al. v. Superior Court, No. S246711 (Sept. 12, 2019).
This is surprising, as the Court provided this much-needed guidance…
Plaintiff Succeeds in Claiming Unpaid Reimbursements for More Than 20,000 Miles
After a one-day bench trial, a sales representative for a security company successfully established that his employer had failed to reimburse him for mileage expenses, using only his odometer reading as the basis to calculate the owed mileage. Plaintiff was a “High Volume Sales Representative,” meaning that he worked almost exclusively in the field making…
Paid Sick Leave Laws May Vary By City
By now, most employers should be aware of the California Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Family Act which went into effect in 2015. Under California law, all employers (with very few exceptions), must allow employees to use up to 3 days or 24 hours of paid sick leave in a 12-month period. However, what many employers do…
Independent Contractor Test the Subject of Two California Assembly Bills
In 2018, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion (Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County) establishing a new standard (“ABC test”) for determining whether an individual is an independent contractor or employee in the context of claims brought under the State’s Industrial Welfare Commission’s wage orders. The result…
Closing the Unequal Pay Gap: California Releases Guidance to Employers on Complying with the California Fair Pay Act
Since passing the California Fair Pay Act (“CFPA”) on October 6, 2015, California has remained a trailblazer in its efforts to address and decrease gender pay inequity. The CFPA requires all employers pay employees performing “substantially similar work” the same wage regardless of gender, ethnicity or race. The CFPA also requires employers to provide the…