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WHAT’S NEW FOR 2018 SALARY HISTORY
SALARY HISTORY IS NO LONGER A FACTOR FOR HIRING IN CALIFORNIA New Law Also Requires Special Caution When Applicant Volunteers Such Info Effective January 1, 2018, new Labor Code section 432.3 will prohibit all California employers from relying on salary history information as a factor in offering an applicant employment or in what salary to offer. Section […]
CAUTIONARY TALES EPISODE 5
Jack in the Box Operator Must Pay $900,000-Plus for Misclassifying Managers Exempt from Overtime Nor-Cal Venture Group, Inc., the owner of 26 Jack in the Box franchises in California, is one of the recent targets of the Labor Commissioner’s public campaign for employers to heed this state’s wage and hour laws. The commissioner’s Division of Labor […]
CAUTIONARY TALES EPISODE 4
Restaurant Hit with $274,000 In Assessments and Penalties For Underpaid and Unreported Workers The California Labor Commissioner continues to promote her department’s aggressive pursuit of employers who do not comply with wage and hour laws. In August, she targeted a Chula Vista restaurant, Dorantes, Inc., doing business as La Querencia, for back pay to six workers totaling […]
A LESSON IN CALIFORNIA’S WORKPLACE MARITAL DISCRIMINATION LAW
Employee “Marital Status” is Protected; An Employee’s Rocky Marriage is Not California is one of some 21 states prohibiting workplace discrimination against “marital status,” defined in government regulations as an individual’s “state of marriage, non-marriage, divorce or dissolution, separation, widowhood, annulment, or other marital state.” In California, a “spouse” is a partner in marriage, regardless […]
CAUTIONARY TALES EPISODE 2
Two Tow Companies Owe $4.8 Million In Unpaid Minimum Wages, Overtime The California Labor Commissioner has announced a $4,874,661 award against Irvine Auto Towing, Inc. and Yaco Investments, Inc. for multiple wage theft violations affecting 187 drivers, mechanics, and dispatchers. Following a formal administrative proceeding, a hearing officer found these two tow companies had generally paid a flat […]
NEW NOTICE POSTING REQUIREMENTS FOR BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS
CUTTING TO THE CHASE – New Workplace Posting Requirements for California’s Salon Industries, Effective July 1, 2017 Starting July 1, 2017, California’s Board of Barbering and Cosmetology (BBC) requires its licensees – including hair salons, nail salons, estheticians, and barbers — to post a special Labor Commissioner notice on applicable employment laws. The notice includes information […]
EXPANDING POLICY AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES
PREVENTING WORKPLACE HARASSMENT – California’s Guidelines and Mandatory Measures California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the state agency responsible for enforcing the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), has released a new employer guide and an updated sexual harassment brochure to further assist California employers in developing effective anti-harassment programs. According to DFEH Director […]
LOS ANGELES HIRING PRACTICES
APPLICANT CRIMINAL HISTORIES – New Information Restricting Los Angeles Hiring Practices The City of Los Angeles’ Department of Public Works, Bureau of Contract Administration recently published frequently asked questions (FAQs) to assist employers in applying its Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO) that went into effect January 22, 2017. For more on this ordinance, […]
DEALING WITH INTERNET SOUR GRAPES
Update Consumer Contracts Review Clauses Now These days, consumer reviews posted online can make or break a business. Some businesses have sought to prevent negative reviews through “gag clauses” – contractual provisions buried in form contracts that customers rarely read, much less are able to negotiate. New law now bars such blanket prohibitions while providing […]
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 […]