by Site Admin | Sep 5, 2023 | Latest Blogs, Uncategorized
(Source: Proskauer by Tony Oncidi and Hayden F. Bashinski – August 22, 2023) When Congress passed and President Biden signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (“the Act”) last year, it was predicted that this was just the...
by Site Admin | Aug 28, 2023 | Latest Blogs
(Source: CDF Labor Law, LLP by Thomas B. Song – August 21, 2023) Cal/OSHA has long been able to cite employers for violating stringent outdoor heat-illness regulations, that apply to all “outdoor places of employment.” As a consequence, indoor workspaces subjected to...
by Site Admin | Aug 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), effective as of June 27, 2023, is a new federal law that aims to provide protections for pregnant and postpartum workers and applicants. The PWFA addresses a gap in coverage under existing federal laws, such as the Pregnancy...
by Site Admin | Aug 21, 2023 | Latest Blogs
(Source: CDF Labor Law LLP by Leigh A. White – August 9, 2023) Changes to the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) regulations that govern how employers can use information about criminal history in employment decisions go into effect on October 1, 2023. These...
by Site Admin | Aug 7, 2023 | Latest Blogs
(Source: Jackson Lewis by Sean Paisan – July 25, 2023) On July 20, 2023, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board approved declaring an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for Respirable Crystalline Silica (silica). The Silica ETS will require the fabricated stone industry...