Cal/OSHA has revised and readopted its COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for the third time. The updated ETS went into effect on May 7, 2022 and remains in effect through December 31, 2022, at which time Cal/OSHA is expected to ...
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Personnel Policies
Customer’s Solicitation of Male Manicurist Enough to Establish Hostile Work Environment
Originally published for HR California
A recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision handed an employer a partial win — for discrimination, but not harassment. In this case, plaintiff Vincent Fried, a manicurist in a salon at the Wynn Las Vegas ...
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2022 COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave
Governor Newson is expected to sign another COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave bill in early February requiring employers to provide additional paid sick leave retroactively to January 1, 2022. Covered employers under the new law will be ...
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Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) – 2022 Update
Employers Are Required To Notify All CA Employees That They May Be Eligible For Federal and CA EITC
Since 2008, California employers have been required to notify their California-based employees that they may be eligible for the federal and the ...
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New Year Brings New Changes to Cal/OSHA COVID Regulations
On December 16, 2021, Cal/OSHA’s Standards Board voted to revise its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) for the second time. The 2nd Revised ETS will go into effect January 14, 2022. More information is available in Cal/OSHA’s “What ...
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Federal Court of Appeals Upholds Portions of California Law Prohibiting Mandatory Arbitration Agreements in Employment
On September 15, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling regarding AB 51, the California law prohibiting employers from requiring employees or applicants to execute arbitration agreements waiving their right to sue under state ...
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Monitoring Employee Communications
Monitoring employee communications, especially instant messaging communications, is important to mitigate litigation risk. California’s discovery rules are broad, and allow discovery of any matter, not privileged, that is relevant to the subject ...
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Employer Victory on Favorable Method for OT Calculations
A California Court of Appeal recently rebuffed a long-held Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) enforcement position on how overtime must be calculated for dual-rate employees, opening the door for use of the “rate-in-effect” method ...
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