Historically, California courts have upheld the legality of time rounding (where, for example, actual time punches are rounded backwards or forwards to the nearest quarter hour) as long as, overall, the rounding policy/practice is neutral on its face ...
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Updates
California Broadens Definition of “Public Works” to Cover On-Hauling of Certain Materials
Existing law requires that all workers employed on public works projects shall be paid the general prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations.
Assembly Bill 1851
On September 29, ...
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Family Expanded to “Designated Person” Under CFRA
On September 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1041 into law. Beginning January 1, 2023, the definition of a “family member” under the California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”) and California’s Healthy Workplaces Healthy Families Act ...
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Must Employers Pay When Employees Claim They’re Too Busy for Rest Breaks?
Originally published for HR California
Virtually all California employers and their employees are aware of workers’ rights to take paid rest breaks during a typical shift — that all nonexempt employees whose total daily work time is at least ...
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Testing for Off-the-Clock Marijuana Use Up in Smoke?
On September 18, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2188 into law, which prohibits employers from taking any adverse employment action against an employee because of their off-duty marijuana use. In enacting AB 2188, California becomes the latest ...
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New California Law Requires Employers to Provide Pay Information in Job Postings and to Current Employees Upon Request
On September 27, 2022, Governor Newsom signed the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act into law. SB 1162 is the latest in a series of laws passed in Colorado, Washington, and New York City that mandates pay transparency in an effort to combat gender ...
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Beware of Zombie Claims
Updated October 14, 2022
COVID-19's Long-term Effects on Litigation and Document Retention
COVID-19 and public health orders resulted in temporary closures of businesses and courts throughout the State of California. Many businesses suffer from the ...
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The NLRA’s Not-So-Final Joint Employer Rule
This month the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a proposal to broaden the standard for determining joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), thereby replacing the current “final joint ...
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