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Complimentary Webinar from the Fox Rothschild Team: Current Issues in Labor & Employment Law (March 25th)

March 4, 2021

The ever-changing nature of laws affecting the workplace can make it difficult to stay current with the latest regulations while balancing the needs of your business and employees. Join attorneys from Fox’s nationwide Labor & Employment Department (including California’s Sahara Pynes) for a program that provides in-depth analysis of current L&E issues and insight on how pending legislation may affect your company. You can register here. Check out the agenda for this free…

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Getting Women Back to Work: Top 5 Tips for New Entrepreneurs

By Sahara Pynes

March 2, 2021

So far during the pandemic, around 2.4 million women have left the workforce, numbers much higher than men. Yet, in a small silver lining, there have been a record number of new business applications filed across the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Many of those businesses have been started by women, as a result of either job loss, the need for flexibility or childcare, or as an additional source of revenue. Excited and sometimes…

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California Supreme Court Addresses Critical Issue Regarding Meal Period Rounding

By Brian Casillas

February 26, 2021

On February 25, 2021, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC, holding that: Employers cannot utilize the rounding of time punches in the meal period context, even if the rounding policy is neutral and even if over time it results in the employees being paid for more time worked; and Records showing noncompliant meal periods raise a presumption of meal period violations that employers must rebut by: (1) establishing…

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Act Now for More Time to File Your California Pay Data Report!

By Jeffrey S. Horton Thomas

February 24, 2021

The deadline for employers to file their first annual pay data report with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) – March 31 — is fast approaching. For employers scrambling to comply, a reprieve is available. The DFEH is offering employers a one-month extension of the deadline, though employers need to submit their request for an extension as soon as possible before March 31. California employers with 100 or more employees nationally are…

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You are Invited! “COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing: a Primer for Employers and Other Stakeholders”

By Jeffrey S. Horton Thomas

February 11, 2021

Please join our webinar “COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing: a Primer for Employers and Other Stakeholders” scheduled for February 19, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The webinar will address the many pressing questions facing employers, employees and those administering COVID-19 vaccines. A multi-disciplinary Fox team – drawing from health care, privacy and labor and employment partners from across the U.S. — will present. The questions to be addressed include safety and efficacy of the vaccines,…

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Los Angeles County Joins Other CA Cities to Reinstate Supplemental Paid Leave for Employees Who Never Took It

By Nancy Yaffe

February 1, 2021

Back in March 2020, many cities and counties (including Los Angeles) started passing ordinances to provide 80 Hours of Supplemental Sick Leave to employees not covered by the FFCRA (Families First Coronavirus Response Act). The FFCRA applied only to businesses with 500 or less employees, so various cities were filling the gaps. As reported here, the FFCRA and all of those local ordinances expired on December 31, 2020. But alas, to keep everyone…

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Outdoor Restaurant Dining in Los Angeles County Comes at a Price: New Requirements

By Jeffrey S. Horton Thomas

January 31, 2021

Although restaurants may now resume outdoor dining in Los Angeles County, the devil, as they say, is in the details. Along with giving restaurants the go ahead for outdoor dining service as of last Friday, the County Public Health Department imposed pages of new requirements on how restaurants should operate. The new conditions on restaurant operations are set out in extensive provisions added to the County’s “Protocol for Restaurants, Breweries and Wineries,” which is an…

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Lifting the Regional Stay Home Order and What it Means

By Sahara Pynes

January 25, 2021

UPDATED 2:30 p.m. January 25, 2021 California state health officials have lifted the December 3, 2020 Regional Stay Home Order. That means reopening plans for each county will revert back to the color-coded, multi-tiered system that has been in effect since July. The move returns 54 of the state’s 58 counties to the “widespread” or “purple” tier. Significantly, under the “widespread” tier, outdoor dining can resume. Hair and nail salons can also reopen. Gatherings…

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What to Expect from a Biden/Harris Administration

By Nancy Yaffe

January 23, 2021

When it comes to employment laws, where California goes, the rest of the country often follows. Now that we have a Vice President from the golden state, we can certainly expect more California-centric influence in Washington DC. Curious about what that means? A higher federal minimum wage? More laws like AB5 to classify more workers as employees instead of contractors? More union activity? It is all on the table for sure. Fox Rothschild partners Steve …

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State Issues Important Guidance on Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Standards

By Jeffrey S. Horton Thomas

January 18, 2021

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Newly posted FAQs bring employers welcome help in understanding what they need to do to satisfy Cal/OSHA’s Emergency Temporary COVID-19 Standards (ETS). These are key takeaways from the nearly 40 new FAQs posted on January 8, 2021: Exclusion Pay: Sensible Guidance! Cal/OSHA’s ETS, which became effective November 30, 2020, require that employers exclude from the workplace employees with COVID-19 (COVID-19 cases) and employees with COVID-19 exposure until certain return-to-work criteria are satisfied. The ETS also…

California Employment Law

Commentary on Issues Facing California Employers

Complimentary Webinar from the Fox Rothschild Team: Current Issues in Labor & Employment Law (March 25th)

Getting Women Back to Work: Top 5 Tips for New Entrepreneurs

California Supreme Court Addresses Critical Issue Regarding Meal Period Rounding

Act Now for More Time to File Your California Pay Data Report!

You are Invited! “COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing: a Primer for Employers and Other Stakeholders”

Los Angeles County Joins Other CA Cities to Reinstate Supplemental Paid Leave for Employees Who Never Took It

Outdoor Restaurant Dining in Los Angeles County Comes at a Price: New Requirements

Lifting the Regional Stay Home Order and What it Means

What to Expect from a Biden/Harris Administration

State Issues Important Guidance on Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Standards

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