Newsletters

03.22.21

California State Agency COVID-19 Guidance

To support our clients during the COVID-19 pandemic, we provide below links to the Governor’s Executive Orders and California County directives and mandates.


02.26.21

Give Us A Break: California Ups The Ante On Meal Period Violations

On February 25, 2021, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC, holding that (1) employers cannot round time punches in the meal period context, and (2) time records showing noncompliant meal periods raise a rebuttable presumption of meal period violations at ...


02.16.21

California Executive Orders and Guidance

To support our clients during the COVID-19 pandemic, we provide below links to the Governor’s Executive Orders and California County directives and mandates.


02.16.21

California Telehealth Guidance

To support our clients during the COVID-19 pandemic, we provide below links to the Governor’s Executive Orders and California County directives and mandates.


02.10.21

Biden Administration Flips the Employment Law Script

Employers should keep a close eye on activities occurring in Washington, D.C., as the change in administration has already brought about a major shift in policy on employment-related issues.


02.10.21

FFCRA Leave Not Currently Mandatory: What Now?

What should employers do now that mandated leave under the federal Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA) expired on December 31, 2020?


02.10.21

Local California Entities Extend Paid Sick Leave

While the federal statute providing emergency paid leave during the COVID-19 pandemic remains up in the air, some clarity exists with respect to city and county analogues in the state of California.


02.10.21

California Supreme Court: Dynamex Applies Retroactively

The California Supreme Court’s landmark 2018 decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court—where the state’s highest court adopted a new standard that made it more difficult for businesses to classify their workers as independent contractors—applies ...


12.28.20

FFCRA Leave Tax Credits Extended, but Protected Leave Rights Set to Expire in 2020

On Sunday, December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the latest round of COVID-19 legislation, the 5,500-page Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.


12.21.20

New Lawsuit Challenging COVID-19 Regulations Focuses on Cal/OSHA

Faced with an increasing number of COVID-19 infections across the state, late last month, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health issued emergency regulations intended to establish COVID-19 safety procedures in California workplaces.