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Beginning January 1, 2020, certain California employers were required to comply with portions of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) regarding the collection of consumers’ personal information. On November 3, 2020, California voters passed Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights

This is the third in a series of articles about the implications of the California Privacy Rights Act for employers.

While California employers can breathe a sigh of relief due to the Federal OSHA ETS “Vaccinate or Test” mandate being stayed, employers must not forget about Cal/OSHA’s own Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”), and the recent changes that went into effect on January 14, 2022.

Thu, Jan 27, 2022 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST Join Jen and Branden Butler, the DFEH’s Assistant Deputy Director of Education and Outreach, for an interactive discussion of SB 331, one of California’s new laws, and its impact on non-disparagement and related provisions.

In this episode, Jen and Erika Frank talk about a new California law that requires employers to retain employee records for four years. Jen also discusses which personnel documents must be kept confidential and why.

As COVID-19 variants work their way through the Greek alphabet, California employers have new CDC guidelines, new Cal-OSHA and CDPH requirements, new decisions to make with respect to vaccine and testing mandates, and when employees may return to work.

On September 22, 2021, Governor Newsom signed AB 701, which creates new obligations for certain employers with warehouse distribution centers that use production quotas, effective January 1, 2022. Under this new law, employers with at least 100 employees at a single warehouse distribution center in

The new year has begun and California employers of 100 or more employees should get busy preparing for the annual pay data submission to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). The deadline is March 31, 2022, and extensions are less likely than last year. 2022 is the second year that C

On December 30, 2021, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued its updated “Guidance for Local Health Jurisdictions on Isolation and Quarantine of the General Public.” With the updated guidance, the CDPH’s position appears to be consistent with the federal Centers for Disease Control

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) requires enforcement of a bilateral arbitration agreement mandating that claims be brought on an individual basis and that employees may not bring representative claims, including claims under the California Priv

On December 13, 2021, the California Department of Public Heath (CDPH) issued new guidance requiring universal statewide masking indoors, irrespective of vaccination status, between December 15, 2021 and January 15, 2022 (New Guidance).

On December 13, 2021, the California Department of Public Health issued new guidance on the use of face coverings, which replaces all prior face covering guidance.

So. It pays to read EVERY word in a statute. Case in point: AB 1033, which will become law on January 1, 2022. Section 1.5 of the bill purports to add “designated person” to the list of individuals for whom employees may use leave under the California Family Rights Act (CFRA).

Since the inception of California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), claims filed pursuant to the statute’s provisions have increased more than 1000 percent, with the state’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) receiving approximately 4,000 PAGA notices each year since 2014. This numb

Thousands of employers operating in California have the unfortunate experience of defending a lawsuit filed under California’s infamous Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Data from the state’s Labor and Workforce Development agency indicates that the average PAGA case lasts two years and results

It has been a difficult couple of months for California employers seeking to navigate planning for possible changes to their workplace safety plans, in view of multiple new sources of potential obligations. While there are many competing considerations that may affect planning, including new federal

On November 15, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an order concerning the California Trucking Association’s (CTA) challenge to California’s independent contractor law, Assembly Bill (AB) 5. The Supreme Court‘s order invited the United States Solicitor General (SG) to file a submiss

A new California law, Assembly Bill (AB) No. 701, provides new regulatory scrutiny of job performance quotas at warehouse distribution centers. The stated purpose of the law is to ensure that the use of production quotas do not penalize workers for taking meal and rest breaks, using the restroom, an

2021 brought employers an avalanche of new laws and ever-changing COVID-19 obligations. The good news is that the California Legislature gave employers a bit of a break this session, and the changes for 2022 are not too overwhelming. Below is a brief summary of some of the new laws, a few of which a