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The Glendale Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance

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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Can My California Employer Make Direct Deposit Mandatory in 2022?

Mandatory Direct Deposit Unlawful in California

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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Can California Employees Waive The Right To Overtime Compensation?

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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California Labor Code § 2802: Employee Reimbursement for Business Expenses in 2021

California law operates to ensure employers provide employees with the equipment and resources necessary to work and protect employees by preventing employers from passing operating expenses on to employees.  To that end, the Labor Code mandates that California employers reimburse employees for mandatory expenses incurred in performing job duties.  Employers ...

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Emergency Paid Sick Leave During the Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic

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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