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FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN 2022
PAID COVID SICK-LEAVE EXPANDED
Effective February 19, 2022, California Labor Code 248.6’s revived 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law (SPSL) requires employers with 26 or more on payroll to provide eligible CA employees with as many as 80 hours of paid benefits retroactively from January 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022.
MANAGEMENT’S BEST FOOT FORWARD
Clear, written workplace policies are a critical component for workplace legal compliance and productivity. Our unprecedented combination of pandemic conditions and California’s well-earned reputation as a litigation hotbed underscore the importance of sound, across-the-boards written rules and protocols.
HANDS OFF
A California appellate court has confirmed — in Espinoza v. Hepta Run, Inc. — that California meal and rest breaks do not apply to short-haul, property-carrying truck drivers in interstate commerce.
WHAT’S NEW IN 2022
IN THE KNOW
California and the federal government require employers to distribute or post a legion of notices on workplace laws and complaint procedures.
SHORTCHANGED SHORTCUT
The California Labor Commissioner has launched an online wage claim application in English and Spanish.
Upon creating an account, applicants can access forms and upload documentation (e.g., paystubs, bounced checks) to seek recovery for Labor Code violations such as:
WHAT’S NEW IN 2022
TARGETING PRODUCTION TARGETS, WAVE OF THE FUTURE?
As a possible first step toward such limitations across other California industries, Assembly Bill (AB) 701 places specific conditions on warehouse distribution center imposition of worker production quotas, effective January 1, 2022.
ATTACKS ON VAX
The U.S. Supreme Court has come to opposite conclusions in two cases challenging federally mandated COVID-19 vaccinations.
WHAT’S NEW IN 2022 DEVILISH DETAILS
The federal government requires employers to verify identity and work authorization of their employees using a Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) with certain supporting documentation.
WHAT’S NEW IN 2022
SEWING UP PANDEMIC CONFLICTS
California has at last moved to eliminate conflicting agency directions on pandemic-related isolation and quarantine timeframes.
WORDS CHANGE WORLDS
Clear, written employee policies are the foundation for workplace legal compliance and productivity. Prolonged pandemic conditions and California’s earned reputation as a litigation hotbed underscore the importance of sound, across-the-boards written rules and protocols.