As the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic persists, California employees have several options for exercising their complex web of employee rights. Given these unprecedent times, not every right is clear. This article provides a brief overview of some of the rights California employees are entitled to during the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Can My Employer Force Me ...
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California public housing authorities may not consider in-home supportive services care compensation when calculating a public housing tenant’s housing subsidy. In Reilly v. Marin Housing Authority, the California Supreme Court held, in a majority opinion written by Justice Chin, a Section 8 beneficiary’s IHSS compensation for providing in-home supportive services ...
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Under California Labor Code section 2802, employers must reimburse California employees for reasonable and mandatory business expenses incurred while carrying out job duties. The law seeks to prevent employers from unfairly passing operational expenses onto employees. Thus, employers must adequately reimburse employees. However, Labor Code section 2802 does not state ...
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Effective now throughout unincorporated San Mateo County, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors passed an emergency ordinance supplementing FMLA and the extended FMLA and EPSLA, created by the Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The emergency ordinance provides forty hours of supplemental paid sick leave for qualifying full-time employees ...
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As the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic persists, California employees have several options for exercising the complex web of employee rights regarding protected leave. However, not every right is clear. Further, some are only temporary. This article provides a brief overview of some of the protected leave rights California employees are entitled to ...
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On March 18, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which contains vital worker protections during the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, including a temporary Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (“EPSLA”). The EPLSA establishes two weeks of paid sick leave for childcare, isolating or quarantining employees, and other leave. Covered ...
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On July 21, 2020 the Richmond City Council extended the Richmond Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic Eviction Moratorium through September 30, 2020. Under the Richmond Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic Eviction Moratorium, a landlord may not terminate a commercial or residential tenancy for the following reasons: The tenant fails to pay rent because of a Coronavirus/COVID-19 ...
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On July 21, 2020, the Richmond City Council extended the Richmond Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic Rent Increase Moratorium through September 30, 2020. Residential Richmond tenants are protected from rent increases during the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. The Richmond Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic Rent Increase Moratorium does not apply to Richmond tenants in single-family homes, housing built ...
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Millions of California tenants have been protected from evictions during the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic due to the California Coronavirus/COVID-19 Eviction Ban, which prohibits nearly all new evictions throughout the state. Now, as California surpasses New York as the epicenter of new Coronavirus/COVID-19 cases, the Judicial Council is moving towards lifting the ...
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As previously written, the Livermore City Council passed a Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic Eviction Moratorium curbing residential and commercial evictions of impacted tenants and allowing rent deferment. On July 1, 2020, the Livermore City Council extended the Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic Eviction Moratorium until at least September 30, 2020. The extended Livermore Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic ...
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