Female workers in California will get new tools to challenge gender-based wage gaps under legislation signed into law Tuesday that supporters say offers the strongest equal-pay protection in the nation. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed
On July 13, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown approved AB 304 Sick Leave: Accrual and Limitations, which amends the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (i.e., Sections 245.5, 246, and 247.5 of the California Labor
Effective July 1, 2015, the Healthy Workplaces/Healthy Families Act of 2014 or the CA Paid Sick Leave Law will entitle most employees in California to three days of paid sick leave each year. All California
Starting July 1, 2015 most employees will be entitled to up to three days of paid sick leave each year. Here are the details. WHO IS COVERED? Employees who work in California at least 30
The California Supreme Court in the matter of Mendiola v. CPS Security Solutions, Inc., has reversed the California Court of Appeals, ruling that employees on 24 hour shifts must be paid for time sleeping. Historical
Current California law requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide two hours of sexual harassment training and education to all supervisors and managers every 2 years and for newly hired or promoted employees,
Costa Solutions LLC, a warehouse service provider to the HEB grocery chain, has agreed to pay $146,459 in overtime back wages to 63 current and former employees after an investigation by the U.S. Department of
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a final rule requiring employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss
The California legislature on Saturday, August 29, passed the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014. Below are the pertinent elements of the law that every employer in California must become familiar with. Sick Leave
Although the following case involves a California employer and California’s version of the ADA, this Alert is relevant to companies nationwide who are subject to the ADA and state equivalents. In Sanchez v. Swissport Inc.,
