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TOO HOT TO HANDLE
Employers Must Protect Workers from Outdoor and Indoor Heat Illness As covered in our blogs New Heat Illness Prevention Measures Now In Place and Heat Illness Prevention Amendments Are Likely to Take Effect May 1, 2015, heat illness prevention regulations obviously apply to industries that require significant outdoor labor, including agriculture, construction, landscaping, oil and […]
UNDERSTANDING CALIFORNIA’S EQUAL PAY ACT
LABOR COMMISSIONER ISSUES FREQUENTLY-ASKED QUESTIONS ON WORKPLACE GENDER PARITY California’s long-established Equal Pay Act (the Act) requires California employers to pay their employees of the opposite sex the same for equal work. As previously covered in Fair Pay Act Aims to Level the Playing Field, the Act’s amendments effective January 1, 2016 make it harder […]
CALIFORNIA LABOR LAWS 2016 CALIFORNIA’S GRADUAL MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE
California’s Gradual Increases in Minimum Wage, to Reach $15.00 Per Hour by January 1, 2022 On April 4, 2016, California jumped on the “living wage” bandwagon when Governor Brown signed Senate Bill-3 (SB-3) making California one of the first two states in the country to enact a $15 minimum wage. The other was New York, […]
YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE
Time Is Running Out for Caregiver Agencies to Meet July 1, 2016 Licensing Deadline The Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act (HCOCPA) requires Home Care Organizations (HCO) to receive a license from the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) by July 1, 2016. Health & Safety Code 1796.61(b) and (c). The law mandated that HCOs […]
CALIFORNIA LABOR LAWS 2016
NEW CALIFORNA PREGNANCY DISABILITY LEAVE POSTER REQUIREMENTS Take Effect On April 1, 2016 Under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act’s (FEHA) Pregnancy Disability Leave Law (PDL), California employers with at least five employees must provide unpaid leave to an employee who is disabled due to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. FEHA also […]
WELCOME TO THE FIRM – PAM HARDER
PAM HARDER IS NOW FIRM’S LEGAL ASSISTANT We welcome Pam Harder as a firm legal and administrative assistant. Pam joins us with a solid background in personnel management. She is pursuing the ABA-approved paralegal studies program at Pasadena City College, with graduation and California paralegal certification slated for August, 2016. Pam assists our attorneys with […]
CALIFORNIA’S ITEMIZED PAY STUB REQUIREMENTS
Click here for our more recent article about Pay Stub Requirements (updated May 3, 2018). CALIFORNIA PAY STUB REQUIREMENTS Ignoring the Needed Details Poses Trap for Unwary Employers California employers must of course comply with all laws applicable to payment of minimum wage and overtime. See, for example: Be Prepared for Statewide and Local Minimum […]
CAL/OSHA INJURY AND ILLNESS POSTING REQUIREMENT
Employers Must Post Accident and Illness Summary From February 1 to April 30, 2016 To protect employees from workplace health and safety hazards, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, commonly known as Cal/OSHA, requires certain employers to maintain and post work-related injury and illness records. Unless otherwise exempt, California companies who had at least […]
CALIFORNIA LABOR LAWS 2016
Caregiver Agencies Must File License and Caregiver Registration Applications by March 1, 2016 or Cease Operation Our recent article “Caregiver Agencies Must Comply with Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act or Cease Operation” provided an overview of this new California law, effective January 1, 2016. The Act defines “home care organizations” (HCOs) as any individual, […]
IRS MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT 2016
Government Decreases Rate by Three and One-Half Cents to 54 As announced in its December 17, 2015 press release, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has lowered its optional standard mileage reimbursement rates for an employee’s business use of his or her vehicle from 57.5 cents in 2015 to 54 cents per business mile driven in […]