As August comes to a close there are major developments for California employers. Of primary note, the Governor set forth a new four-tiered system plan for businesses to reopen, which becomes effective on Monday, August 31, 2020. There was additional DOL guidance issued this week regarding the FFCRA and paid leave once schools reopen, a
2020 opens with numerous legal challenges to California’s new employment laws taking effect on January 1, 2020. The new laws targeted by business groups are AB 5, which makes it more difficult for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors, and AB 51, which prohibits employers from requiring mandatory arbitration agreements with employees. If this
A lot was happening this week in California’s employment law. This week’s Friday’s Five is a round-up on the highlights:
1. Los Angeles City Council votes to require employers to provide 6 days of paid sick leave.
The LA City Council approved a measure to require employers to provide employees up to six paid sick
Earlier this week Uber appealed a California Labor Commissioner ruling against it holding that a driver was misclassified as an independent contractor. In this video, I briefly discuss the ruling and the lesson it holds for employers.
Misclassification of employees as independent contractors can carry many damages and penalties. For example, Sections 226.8 and
Uber and Lyft have been sued in separate class action lawsuits in California by drivers challenging
the two companies’ classification of the drivers as independent contractors. The plaintiffs in the two cases argue that the drivers should be classified and paid as employees, which triggers many additional Labor Code provisions for the drivers than if