by Kevin B. Piercy | Mar 26, 2021 | Employers, Farm Labor
According to the new Labor Commissioner for the Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement (“DLSE”), Liz Whoo, the current plan for Farm Labor Contractors to renew, and or apply for new, licenses is as follows: “The Farm Labor Contractor will be required to pay for a...
by Kevin B. Piercy | Mar 25, 2021 | Coronavirus, Employers, Sick Leave
On March 19, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 95, which created new COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (“Supplemental PSL”) requirements for all California employers with more than 25 employees during 2021. The new Supplemental PSL law has...
by Kevin B. Piercy | Mar 9, 2021 | California Supreme Court, Employers
In its latest attack on employers who round employees’ start and stop times, on February 25, 2021, the California Supreme Court ruled in the matter Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC, that meal breaks may not be rounded. Furthermore, the court ruled that when a...
by Kevin B. Piercy | Jan 22, 2021 | California Labor Commission, Employers
California has enacted several major changes to labor and employment law in 2020. Below is our reminder to California employers to ensure that they are in compliance with the following new laws. SB 1383 Starting January 1, 2021, all employers with 5 or more employees...
by Kevin B. Piercy | Jan 9, 2021 | Coronavirus, Employers
On January 8, 2021, the Department of Industrial Relations issued much needed clarifications on its requirements that employers provide “exclusion pay” for employees who are exposed to COVID-19 at work. As a reminder, Cal/OSHA’s current standard is that an employer...
