Following in the footsteps of the City of Long Beach, the cities of Montebello and Oakland have passed premium pay ordinances mandating additional pay for certain grocery and drug store employees. Premium pay or “hazard pay” for grocery employees seems to be the new trend in COVID-19 regulations. This trend continues despite recent lawsuits
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Minimum Wage Increases Are Still Coming in July 2020
By Kevin D. Reese & Jerel Pacis Agatep on
Posted in Wage and Hour
The start of the year brings a lot of new laws and in the past few years the increase of the State of California’s minimum wage. This year the state minimum wage has increased to $12.00 for employers with 25 employees or less, and $13.00 for employers with 26 employees or more. These rates are…
City of Los Angeles Enacts COVID-19 Related Worker Retention and Right of Recall Ordinances
By Connie L. Chen on
Posted in Terminations
The City of Los Angeles has enacted two Ordinances requiring fair employment practices in response to job and economic insecurity due to COVID-19 related shelter in place orders. The Ordinances, which go into effect on June 14, 2020, apply to four categories of businesses and employers which the City found have been especially impacted by…
Los Angeles County Passed a Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Ordinance to Cover Employers in Unincorporated Areas of the County
By Andrea F. Oxman & Peter M. Waneis on
Posted in Paid Sick Leave
Last week, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors enacted an urgency ordinance to require employers with 500 or more employees nationally to provide supplemental paid sick leave to covered employees for COVID-19 related reasons. The County’s ordinance applies only to businesses in unincorporated areas of the County and to employees who perform any work within…
Mayor of San Francisco Signs Amended Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance
By Stephanie T. Yang & Kate L. Brown on
Posted in Paid Sick Leave
Late April 17th, Mayor Breed signed the supplemental paid sick leave ordinance that earlier in the week, the Board of Supervisors had amended and passed. This was the same day that Mayor Breed announced an order requiring all individuals in public to wear face coverings.
The ordinance, like those passed by the…
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Amends Pending Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance (PHELO)
By Stephanie T. Yang & Kate L. Brown on
Posted in Paid Sick Leave
San Francisco remains at the forefront of COVID-19 related relief to those employees who work within the City and County limits. Recently, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has continued this effort and passed the Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance (PHELO). PHELO is an emergency ordinance set to temporarily require private employers with 500…
San Francisco and San Jose Seek to Implement Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Requirements for Larger Employers
By Stephanie T. Yang & Ashley N. Rippolone on
Posted in Paid Sick Leave
Two California cities, San Francisco and San Jose adopted emergency ordinances to expand paid sick leave and emergency Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave benefits. The ordinances cover gaps under federal law by expanding leave benefits under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) to employers with more than 500 employees.
The ordinances cover most…
City of Los Angeles Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Will Proceed, but As Superseded by the Mayor’s Public Order
By Susan E. Groff on
Posted in Paid Sick Leave
On March 27, 2020, the City of Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance requiring that employers with 500 or more employees nationally offer 80 hours of Supplemental Paid Sick Leave to employees who perform work within the geographic boundaries of the City of Los Angeles for various COVID-19 related reasons. Please see our March…