For 2019, California employers should be aware of these new and updated laws.
New Laws
SB 1300 The Sexual Harassment Omnibus Bill
As of January 1, 2019, employers cannot require employees to: release a FEHA claim “in exchange for a raise or ...
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Updates
California Employers Face New Requirements in the #MeToo Era
It’s no surprise that the 2018 Legislative session concluded with a variety of measures addressing the hottest topic of the year: sexual harassment in the workplace. California has always been on the forefront of harassment prevention training, but ...
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Walmart Agrees to Settle for $65 Million in a PAGA Class Action
Walmart, Inc. has agreed to pay $65 million to end a class action suit with cashiers who claimed that the company violated a California wage order requiring businesses to give certain workers seating and breaks for jobs that require standing. While ...
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Test Your Knowledge – Meal and Rest Breaks
Does No Good Deed Go Unpunished?
The restaurant chain Taco Bell offered discounted meals to employees during their required 30-minute meal breaks with one requirement - that the meal be eaten on site to ensure that it was utilized by the employee ...
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Are You Calculating Overtime Correctly?
Are You Sure?
You know the saying: no good deed goes unpunished. Nowhere is that more apparent than in California where legal interpretations continue to make it more complicated to give employees added benefits such as flat sum bonuses. In a ...
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California Labor Commissioner Takes a Stand on Contractor and Subcontractor Wage Theft
Cheesecake Factory Liable
The Labor Commissioner’s Office found Cheesecake Factory Restaurants, Inc. liable in a $4.5 million wage theft case that underpaid 559 janitorial workers managed by Magic Touch Commercial Cleaning, whose owner was also ...
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Not Really as Easy as ABC
New State Supreme Court Decision Requires Employers to Reevaluate Classification of Independent Contractors
The California Supreme Court has held that the standard for determining employee versus independent contractor status is no longer the ...
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California Criminal Background Check Regulations
California’s statewide “ban the box” law, in effect as of January 2018, makes it illegal for an employer with 5 or more employees to:
Include on any application for employment questions that seek the disclosure of an applicant’s conviction ...
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