By Alka Ramchandani-Raj, Melissa Peters, Kennell Sambour, and William J. Kim on December 15, 2020- Littler law firm. On December 14, 2020, the California Department of Health (CDPH) issued guidance shortening the quarantine period from 14 days to 10 days for...
By Stephanie T. Yang & Trey Sims on December 8, 2020 – Jackson Lewis LLP On December 3, 2020, the state issued a new regional stay-at-home order which requires additional industries to close or scale back operations based on intensive care unit (ICU) capacity in...
Last night at 11:59 pm, Southern California became subject to the state’s new Regional Stay Home Order. The Governor’s office announced the new Order last week on December 3, although it did not immediately take effect. The Order divides California’s counties into...
Critical Question Asked by Concerned Employers... A very concerned prospect contacted CalWorkSafety & HR this week to inquire about the status of their company’s Cal/OSHA – COVID-19 Policy Handbook. The question was “Are COVID-19 New Policies included in...
By Cressinda D. Schlag on November 23, 2020 On November 19, 2020, California’s Department of Industrial Relations Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board (“Board”) adopted a general safety order that, in effect, creates an emergency temporary standard...
James W. Ward November 20, 2020 HR Watchdog On November 19, 2020, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) voted to adopt a comprehensive and complex COVID-19 emergency regulation addressing a variety of issues related to COVID-19 in the...
By Cressinda D. Schlag & Kate L. Brown on November 9, 2020 Posted in CalOSHA On September 17, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 685 (“AB 685”) into law, and in doing so amended provisions of California’s Health and Safety and Labor Codes. AB 685...
Changes In California-Based Retirement Plans State law requires that California employers - who don’t already offer an employer-sponsored retirement plan and who have five or more CA-based employees (at least one of whom is age eighteen) either sponsor a retirement...
By Anna Park, Zoe Argento, and Philip Gordon on November 5, 2020 Littler Law Firm Less than a year after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect, California’s electorate approved a ballot measure that will substantially expand the privacy...
2021 New California Employment Laws CalWorkSafety & HR Is Here to Help! We very much hope your organization is managing the current health and economic climate well. CalWorkSafety & HR is providing a Report on New 2021 California Employment Laws to inform you...
By Cary G. Palmer & Shiva Anari on October 27, 2020 Jackson Lewis PC The California 2020 legislative session has closed, and employers should be preparing for 2021 by updating policies and procedures. Employers should ensure that the minimum wage for non-exempt...
HRWatchdog October 22, 2020 Last Friday, October 16, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) slipped out two new guidance documents which employers of all sizes across the state need to take a look at. Most importantly, these documents include guidance on...
