On September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 1159, which makes workers' compensation benefits available to certain employees who contract the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). SB 1159...
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In an era of increasing high-tech mergers and acquisitions and burgeoning lawsuits claiming theft of technology and intellectual property, companies must walk a tightrope between disclosure and protection of their...
Assembly Bill (AB) 5 adopted the three-pronged ABC test from Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. Superior Court for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor for purposes of the Labor Code, the...
The employees who filed the following case were farm laborers who were paid on a piece-rate basis for each grapevine they pruned. Under California law, employees paid on a piece-rate basis must be separately paid at...
Employees' claims that Google violated their free speech rights by requiring them to comply with certain confidentiality rules aren't preempted by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and may proceed under the...
On September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 1383, which makes sweeping changes to the California Family Rights Act (CFRA). Effective January 1, 2021, the CFRA will cover employers with...
California has passed Assembly Bill (AB) 685 requiring employers to notify employees and contractors in the event of a “potential exposure” to COVID-19 and alert local health departments about coronavirus “outbreaks” in...
While employers are understandably concerned about disparate treatment claims, the courts have become increasingly demanding in what they require from employees to establish the employer actually treated them differently...
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Several major cities (and one West Coast state) recently adopted predictive scheduling laws, which require employers to post work schedules more than one week in advance. While the Midwest region hasn’t yet seen an...
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In light of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's recent Executive Order requiring face masks in most indoor work settings, many employers are wondering how to deal with employees who say they cannot wear a mask due to a medical...
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Wearing a face covering has become a political signal in the polarizing clash between those who see doing so as a moral responsibility and others who view it as an infringement on their freedom. Consequently, employers...
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The COVID-19 pandemic may have permanently changed the future of work. From banking to insurance and the legal industry, employers have embraced remote work for employees. Before March 2020, many companies allowed only a...
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With many families facing uncertainty involving their children’s schools, questions about the applicability of the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA) provided under the Families First Coronavirus...
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One of the unusual features of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is that it includes a provision prohibiting discrimination "because of the known disability of an individual with whom [the employee] is known to...
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Employees often believe anything goes when it comes to social media expression. But the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently provided clarity on the types of social media activity employers may regulate, giving...
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