Everyone knows hospitals are stressful spaces, particularly for those working inside. However, public sector hospital employees were forced to contend with slightly greater stress than their private sector counterparts. This is because, historically, public sector hospital workers were not entitled to protected rest and meal breaks. Beginning in 2023, that ...
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In 2022, the California Legislature passed AB 2068 requiring California employers to post notifications when they receive citations for certain California Labor Code violations, and any special orders or actions issued by Cal/OSHA. California Labor Code § 6318. The notice shall contain, at a minimum, the following information: Notice that ...
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Beginning on January 1, 2023, California employers, including state and local government employers and the California Legislature, must comply with the following laws: California employers may not seek applicant salary history information, including compensation and benefits; Upon request, California employers must provide employees with the pay scale for the position ...
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Glendale, California joins Los Angeles, San Francisco, and several other cities in providing protections for hotel workers. As of July 28, 2022, the Glendale Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance protects hotel workers working in covered hotels by protecting workers from violent or threatening behavior, limiting workload without overtime pay, prohibiting forced ...
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California law is clear: California employees are not required to receive wage payments via direct deposit. Employers must provide employee choice with regard to receipt of pay. Labor Code section 213 permits employers to pay employees via direct deposit into an account of the employee’s choosing, so long as the ...
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The City of Stockton provides Stockton tenants with relocation payments when suffering temporary or permanent displacement from their homes due to unsafe or substandard conditions cited by the government. Codified at Chapter 1.52 of the Stockton Municipal Code and officially entitled the “Relocation Benefits for Displaced Tenants” Ordinance, the Stockton ...
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California law reflects the state’s strong public policy in favor of full payment of wages for all hours worked. Armenta v. Osmose, 135 Cal. App. 4th 314, 321-24 (2005). California employees are entitled to collect overtime compensation, based on a multiple of their regular hourly rate. California Labor Code § ...
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Starting in 2022, a slew of new laws protect California workers, including laws seeking to curtail wage theft from all workers and delivery drivers, and laws prohibiting overly broad confidentiality agreements. Continue reading for an overview of new laws set to protect California workers in 2022. AB 1003 – Wage ...
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On January 1, 2022, SB 331, known as the Silenced No More Act, becomes effective throughout California. The Silenced No More Act empowers survivors of harassment and discrimination and seeks to curtail future abuses by perpetrators in the workplace. Building on 2018’s STAND Act (SB 820), the Silenced No More ...
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On July 15, 2021, the Supreme Court of California published an employment law opinion answering a hotly contested wage and hour issue regarding the correct calculations for premium payments made to California employees. In Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC, 11 Cal. 5th 858 (2021), a bartender filed suit seeking to ...
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