In this video, I breakdown New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s apology statement from the perspective of a California employment attorney and cover the five lessons employers should learn from this incident:
1. Duty to investigate complaints.
California Government Code section 12940(j) provides that it is “unlawful if the entity, or its agents or supervisors,
Late last year, Cal/OSHA implemented Emergency Temporary Standards that imposed dramatic new testing, training, and recordkeeping requirements related to COVID-19 exposure in the workplace. Most controversial of these new requirements was a mandate that employers “continue and maintain an employee’s earnings, seniority, and all other employee rights and benefits” for employees excluded from the workplace
As February ends, there are many developments on the employment legal front. Here are five prevalent employment issues for California and across the U.S.:
1. California Supreme Court holds employers may not round time entries for meal periods.
On February 25, 2021, the California Supreme Court held that employers may not engage in time rounding
Employers need to remember these five key rules for documenting and providing feedback on employee performance:
1. For at-will employees, there is no legal obligation for employers to provide three warnings to employees prior to a termination.
Some employers have the misconception that employees must be given three warnings prior to being terminated. This is
Under California law, employers have a duty to investigate misconduct and take remedial action to prevent further discrimination or harassment from occurring in workplace. See Gov. Code section 12940 (j)(1)(k). This Friday’s Five lists five action items employers should utilize when conducting workplace investigations:
1. Selecting the investigator
Employers should take time to train an
California law requires employers to provide certain documents to employees. Here are five documents California employers should consider in developing an end of employment packet:
1. Notice to Employee as to Change in Relationship (required under California Unemployment Insurance Code 1089)
As the EDD explains:
Written notice must be given immediately to employees of their
On January 26, 2021, Los Angeles County extended the Los Angeles County COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Ordinance to continue “until two weeks after the expiration of the COVID-19 local emergency as ratified and declared by the Board.” The new ordinance also retroactively applies to businesses starting on January 1, 2021. The new ordinance differs
Three days into his term, President Biden signed executive orders and set forth plans for how employers should respond to issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are five actions by President Biden this week that stand to have a major impact on employers across the U.S.:
1. Within two weeks of January 21, 2021, OSHA
On January 8, 2021, Cal/OSHA updated the Frequently Asked Questions pertaining to its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). For some background on the ETS, see our prior posts here. California employers need to continue to adjust their practices to ensure compliance with this updated guidance from Cal/OSHA. The complete FAQs can be found here
There is still some confusion regarding the new Cal/OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) that became effective on November 30, 2020 (we have written about the ETS previously here). Here are five critical questions employers must consider about the ETS and their impact on the workplace:
1. What new reporting obligations do employers have under