Let’s Keep the Workplace Working
Personnel policies support a productive work environment and serve as the first line of defense against employee litigation. Personnel policies are not static but must adapt to changing circumstances and regular legal updates. Our attorneys regularly draft, revise, and update employment policies and manuals in a wide range of industries, from small family-owned businesses to nationwide manufacturers. Cook Brown also offers bilingual, on-site employee and management training.
As we approach the end of the year, employers are busy putting plans in place for 2024. A key priority that should not be neglected as businesses prepare to commence the new year is reviewing and updating employee handbooks or stand-alone policies and training management to ensure compliance with new laws.
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 ...
[Read more] about SB 553 Law Requires Implementation of Workplace Violence Prevention Measures
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 ...
[Read more] about Beginning 2024, Employers Will Be Required to Provide 40 Hours (or 5 Days) of Paid Sick Leave to All Employees
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 ...
[Read more] about Use of Criminal History Information in Employment Decisions Has Become More Difficult Due to Recent Changes to California’s Background Check Law
