Posts Tagged ‘California Employment Law’
HEAT ILLNESS PREVENTION AMENDMENTS ARE LIKELY TO TAKE EFFECT MAY 1, 2015
Likely to Take Effect May 1, 2015 — The Heat Is On For California Employers As referenced in our previous article, Required Heat Illness Prevention for Outdoor Worksites, California’s heat illness safety regulations currently require employers with outdoor workers to provide access to ample drinking water and a shaded rest area when the temperature exceeds 85 […]
OAKLAND MINIMUM WAGE ESCALATES TO $12.25
Rate Effective March 2, 2015 Starting March 2, 2015, employers (regardless of where located) must pay wages of at least $12.25 per hour to each employee who performs work within Oakland, California (including part-time employees). This minimum wage requirement, pursuant to Measure FF and set forth in Oakland Municipal Code section 53.92.020, applies to any […]
SHALL THE FOG BE FOREVER FORSAKEN?
California Labor Commissioner Again Attempts to Resolve Questions on New Paid Sick Leave Benefits Law As we covered in Mandatory Paid Sick Leave for California Employees, all companies with employees working in California are subject to this state’s paid sick leave law (Assembly Bill [AB] 1522), effective July 1, 2015. AB 1522 requires each employer, […]
CALIFORNIA LABOR COMMISSIONER PROVIDES THE FAQ’S ON NEW PAID SICK LEAVE BENEFITS LAW
As covered in Mandatory Paid Sick Leave for California Employees, AB 1522 requires each California employer, regardless of size (and except for those with collective bargaining agreements and other very limited exemptions), to provide paid sick leave benefits to any temporary, part-time and full-time employee once he or she has worked for that company in […]
EMPLOYMENT ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS
In California, the Battle Continues While private parties doing business are free to agree to arbitrate any dispute between them outside of the courts, an employer who presents a “take-it-or-leave-it” arbitration requirement to a job applicant as a condition of hiring presents special problems. California’s appeals courts have been particularly dedicated – or perhaps in […]
CALIFORNIA LABOR LAWS 2015 CALIFORNIA EXPANDS NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION DEFINITION
The Effect of an “Undocumented” Driver’s License On Workplace Policy and Procedure is Touchy In 2013, Assembly Bill [AB] 60 created Vehicle Code section 12801.9 authorizing the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to provide driver’s licenses to undocumented individuals. AB 60 thus directs the DMV to accept alternative satisfactory forms of proof of identity […]
CALIFORNIA LABOR LAWS 2015 INTERNS AND TRAINEES NOW PROTECTED FROM HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION
Effective January 1, 2015, California Assembly Bill 1443 plugs a gap that had left interns, trainees, and others lawfully involved in unpaid work experience unprotected from unlawful harassment and discrimination. Since its enactment in 1980, California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) has prohibited employers from discriminating against “any person … in compensation or in […]
CALIFORNIA LABOR LAWS 2015 NEW REQUIREMENT FOR COMPUTER PROFESSIONAL OVERTIME EXEMPTION
Minimum Hourly Pay Rate to Increase January 1, 2015 California Labor Code section 515.5 exempts certain employees in the computer software field from overtime compensation. The criteria include set minimum compensation. The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) recently increased this minimum, effective January 1, 2015. To comply with the section 515.5 exemption, California employers will […]
ARBITRATION COMPANIES MUST DISCLOSE CERTAIN INFORMATION
“Private” Arbitrations No Longer Private In California Effective January 1, 2015 in California, private arbitration companies, including the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS), must publicly post certain previously-confidential information about their arbitrations. (Assembly Bill [AB] 802). AB 802 amends California Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.96 to require AAA, […]
MANDATORY PAID SICK LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES
Law Goes into Effect July 1, 2015 As reported in “Will California Employers Have to Cough Up Paid Sick Leave?”, the proposed Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (Assembly Bill [AB] 1522) was the California Legislature’s third – and now successful – attempt to provide such benefits. Governor Brown signed that measure into law […]