Service Offering Expanded California Regulations Effective July 1, 2017 California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) recently heeded Dylan’s lyric “the times they are a-changin’” and released Regulations Regarding Transgender Identity and Expression. Effective July 1, 2017, the new…
Service Offering Just When You Thought You Had the Right Form, Feds Issue New One Immigrants, Ellis Island, New York, 1907 The federal government requires employers to verify identity and work authorization of their employees using a Form I-9 (Employment…
Service Offering 2018 Fee Increases, Additional Requirements for Home Care Organizations and Home Care Aides Children play with money, 1922. California’s Home Care Services Bureau (HCSB) – the licensing and oversight agency for Home Care Organizations (HCOs) employing registered caregivers…
Service Offering California’s 2016 Report: Sex-Based Claims Continue to Top the List Charlie Chaplin, Easy Street (1917) The California Department of Fair Employment & Housing (DFEH) has published its 2016 annual report on unlawful workplace discrimination, harassment and retaliation charges.…
Service Offering HELPING THE HAUNTED California Employers Must Accommodate Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault or Stalking 1920s boogeyman California Labor Code section 230 prohibits all employers from terminating, discriminating or retaliating against employee victims of domestic violence, sexual assault…
Service Offering CUTTING TO THE CHASE New Workplace Posting Requirements for California’s Salon Industries, Effective July 1, 2017 Barber shop Whittier, California 1906 Starting July 1, 2017, California’s Board of Barbering and Cosmetology (BBC) requires its licensees – including hair…
Service Offering The Consequences of Failing to Reasonably Accommodate Worker Disability Singer-actress Lotta Crabtree, with cigar, ca. 1880s What happens when an employer ignores requests from a disabled employee for reasonable accommodation? In one recent case, a $3 million jury…
Service Offering California Employers Must Post Certain Updated Workplace Notices by July 1, 2017 Newsboy, circa 1918 All California employers must prominently post certain notices on wages, hours and working conditions. Employers must display these announcements where all employees have access.…
Service Offering PREVENTING WORKPLACE HARASSMENT California’s Guidelines and Mandatory Measures From the L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, circa 1920 California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the state agency responsible for enforcing the Fair Employment and Housing Act…
Service Offering APPLICANT CRIMINAL HISTORIES New Information Restricting Los Angeles Hiring Practices Butch Cassidy, Fort Worth, Texas, 1901 The City of Los Angeles’ Department of Public Works, Bureau of Contract Administration recently published frequently asked questions (FAQs) to assist employers…