by Julie Taylor, Stacey Garrett, and George Croton | May 19, 2020 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News, Privacy & Data Security Alerts
Formulating a reopening plan raises many questions about how to ensure employees are healthy prior to reentering the workplace. Both the Center for Disease Control and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recommend that employers implement a strategy for...
by Elizabeth Lindh | Mar 22, 2020 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
Last night, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a California state-wide quarantine in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Accordingly, the employees in our offices will be telecommuting in order to ensure the health and safety of our employees...
by Elizabeth Lindh and Teresa Thong | Mar 20, 2020 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
Late last night, the President signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) (the “FFCRA”) to assist families and workers during the COVID-19 crisis. In addition to benefits relating to COVID-19 testing, food assistance, unemployment assistance...
by Christopher Stecher and Connor Trafton | Mar 16, 2020 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
This morning the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Kim v. Reins Int’l. California Inc., holding that employees do not lose standing to pursue Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims even if they previously settled and dismissed their individual claims...
by Elizabeth Lindh, Christopher Stecher, | Feb 12, 2020 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
Yesterday, the United States District Court for the Central District of California denied two employers’ motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the enforcement of Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”). AB 5, which pertains to the classification of employees and independent...
by Elizabeth Lindh and Teresa Thong | Jan 30, 2020 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
Today, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California issued an order enjoining the California Attorney General, California Labor Commissioner, the California Workforce Development Agency, and the California Department of Fair Employment and...
