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Daniel F. C. Kozieja / November 30, 2023

Ring in the New Year with Handbook Updates for 2024!

Personnel Policies

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 updating their employee handbooks to ensure compliance with new laws ...
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Daniel F. C. Kozieja / November 22, 2023

SB 553 Law Requires Implementation of Workplace Violence Prevention Measures

Personnel Policies

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 workplace violence prevention plan, providing training on the plan, and ...
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Karina Sandoval / October 23, 2023

Beginning 2024, Employers Will Be Required to Provide 40 Hours (or 5 Days) of Paid Sick Leave to All Employees

Personnel Policies

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 covers all employers in the State of California as well as all full-time, ...
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Karina Sandoval / October 19, 2023

Use of Criminal History Information in Employment Decisions Has Become More Difficult Due to Recent Changes to California’s Background Check Law

Personnel Policies

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 Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”), which is enforced by the Civil ...
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Barbara A. Cotter, Partner / September 15, 2023

Supreme Court Expands Liability Under the Fair Employment and Housing Act to Third-Party Vendors

Employment Litigation

In an unprecedented decision issued last month, the Supreme Court ruled in Kristina Raines v. U.S. Healthworks Medical Group, et al. that third-party vendors, who handle labor and employment issues for an employer, can be independently sued as ...
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Barbara A. Cotter, Partner / September 14, 2023

Annual Handbook Review Should Address New NLRB Decision Limiting Codes of Conduct

Personnel Policies

Most employers utilize handbooks to familiarize employees with basic workplace rules and procedures. Because of the ongoing changes in California’s labor and employment laws, annual handbook reviews are typically required to prevent a handbook from ...
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Alexis Gabrielson / August 14, 2023

EEOC Publishes New Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Regulations

Personnel Policies

On August 7, 2023, the EEOC proposed new regulations for implementing the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The PWFA was enacted in 2022 and went into effect on June 27th of this year. The law requires employers to make changes to working ...
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Terry Wills / August 10, 2023

Cautionary Tale: Delay in Payment of Arbitration Fees Can Result in Waiver of Right to Proceed in Arbitration

Employment Litigation

A recent court of appeal decision in the case of Cvejic v. Skyview Capital, LLC is a stark reminder of the need for employers and their counsel to “pay attention” and promptly pay arbitration fees or risk waiving the hard earned right to ...
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Filed Under: Employment Litigation

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