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Starting in 2023, California Workers Afforded Notice of Cal/OSHA Citations for Labor Code Violations

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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The San Francisco Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance

On October 1, 2022, San Francisco voters passed Proposition G, a new Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance (“PHELO”).  San Francisco workers that work in a business with at least one hundred (100) workers globally are entitled to take up to eighty (80) hours of paid public health emergency leave.  San ...

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WARN Act Notifications Apply to California Call Center Employees

The Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act requires employers to provide California workers with at least sixty (60) days’ notice regarding a mass termination or plant closing. California Labor Code §§ 1400-1408. The requirements apply to California employers that have employed at least seventy-five (75) California workers in the ...

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Reproductive Health Decision-Making Protected Characteristic Under California’s FEHA

The California Fair Employment & Housing Act (“FEHA”) protects Californians from discrimination, retaliation, or harassment in employment.  California Government Code §§ 12900 – 12996.  Presently, FEHA prohibits workplace discrimination based on specified characteristics, including but not limited to, race, age, sex, or medical condition. Beginning on January 1, 2023, FEHA ...

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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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California Workers Can Bring Emotional Support Animals to Work

Living with a disability is hard.  Working with one is even harder.  When work becomes impossible due to a disability, California workers have the right to request reasonable accommodation from their employers.  One form of accommodation that has grown increasingly popular over the years is the emotional support animal.  That’s ...

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New Employment Laws for California Workers in 2022

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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California Employees Entitled to Increased Premium Pay for Noncompliant Meal, Rest, and Recovery Breaks

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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Oakland Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic Hazard Pay for Certain Grocery Employees

On February 2, 2021, the Oakland City Council approved the Oakland Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic Hazard Pay Ordinance. The emergency ordinance adds Chapter 5.96 to the Oakland Municipal Code and requires large grocery stores in the City of Oakland to pay employees an additional $5.00 per hour in hazard pay during the ...

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California’s CROWN Act Protects Employee & Applicant Natural Hair

On July 3, 2019, California became the first state in the United States to ban employers from discriminating against employees and applicants based on their natural hairstyle. Codified at Government Code section 12926, the Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair Act (“CROWN Act”) works within the California Fair ...

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