This Friday’s Five focuses on five California employment related news items that got my attention this week:
1. California considering reinstating COVID paid sick leave in 2022.
As California’s supplemental paid sick leave expired in September 2021, and Governor Newsom decided not to extend it by executive order. Now there are discussions of bringing COVID
This week many employers made the decision to mandate vaccination policies for their employees. Disney, Uber, Microsoft, and Walmart are some of the larger employers in the news this week that are requiring all or some of their employees to be vaccinated in order to return to the workplace.
Federal and California law make it
In November of 2020, Cal/OSHA came out with the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS), which we covered here. The ETS provided guidance to employers in regard to developing workplace safety policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and required employers to draft written COVID-19 Prevention Programs. Since then, the ETS has been updated to
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
On July 3, 2020, the CDC issued revised guidance regarding the testing of employees for non-healthcare related workplaces – SARS-CoV-2 Testing Strategy: Considerations for Non-Healthcare Workplaces. The CDC cautioned employers that the guidelines “are meant to supplement, not replace, any federal, state, local, territorial, or tribal health and safety laws, rules, and regulations with