Archive for the ‘Workplace Privacy, Health and Safety’ Category
EMPLOYERS MUST CHILL
New Regulations Coming to Prevent Heat Illness in the California Workplace California’s Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board (OSHSB) created heat illness prevention regulations for outdoor workers in 2015. See New Heat Illness Prevention Measures Now in Place. Those regulations require specific protective measures for outdoor work, including provision of free, fresh, and “suitably cool” […]
WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS NO JOKE
California Seeks to Deter Mishaps by Annual Employer Posting Requirement, February through April In an effort to deter workplace health and safety hazards, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health requires employers with more than 10 employees to visibly post between February 1, 2017 through April 30, 2017 a summary of certain 2016 work-related injuries […]
WHAT’S NEW IN 2017
A CLOSER LOOK AT UBER, LYFT DRIVERS California’s New Criminal Background Checks For Transportation Network Companies Effective January 1, 2017, AB 1289 (the Act) requires all transportation network companies (TNC) such as Uber and Lyft – businesses using an online-enabled platform to connect paying passengers with drivers using their personal vehicles – to conduct a […]
WHAT’S NEW IN 2017
California Must Notify Employees of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Victims’ Rights Existing law prohibits an employer from discharging or in any manner discriminating or retaliating against an employee who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking for taking time off from work for specified activities in the aftermath of those […]
JOB INTERVIEWER GUIDELINES
How to Find the Qualified Candidates Without Violating Their Rights Conducting job interviews is no easy task. In addition to weeding out clearly unsuitable candidates such as those described below, the interviewer should steer clear of discriminatory questions and topics throughout the process. According to a CareerBuilder nationwide survey (released January 14, 2016), of […]
PERSONNEL RECORDS BASICS
California Employers Must Take Care To Avoid Document Dumping Into a Single File Folder What constitutes personnel filing can vary wildly from company to company. An alarmingly high volume of California employers are content to maintain a single file folder for each worker, the repository for any and all documents management deems relevant to that […]
NEW CHANGES ON EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION FORM I-9
New Changes on Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 All U.S. employers must complete and retain a Form I-9 for each individual hired for employment in the U.S., including citizens and non-citizens. You may have noticed, however, that the version in use reflects an expiration date of March 31, 2016. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is […]
IS YOUR HARASSMENT POLICY CALIFORNIA COMPLIANT?
New Regulations May Require Policy Overhaul The California Fair Employment and Housing Council (FEHC) enacts regulations that protect employees from unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation, stressing the employer’s affirmative duty to prevent such workplace misconduct. As previously covered in New California Pregnancy Disability Leave Poster Requirements Take Effect On April 1, 2016, the FEHC amended […]
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 […]
CALIFORNIA PAID SICK LEAVE LAW, MORE ABOUT
Labor Commissioner Weighs In Again on Workplace Benefits Law As described in our article “California Paid Sick Leave Law,” several portions of California’s Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act (the Act) are just a shade clearer than mud. In the latest attempts to clarify, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) recently issued its first opinion […]