Author: HRWatchdog
Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Applies to Minors
We hired an employee who is 15 years old. Are we required to provide sexual harassment prevention training to him? What if he will be…
Calculating Federal COVID-19 Paid Leave for Illness, Distance Learning
How much time is an employee entitled to use under federal COVID-19 law if he needs to stay home to supervise distance learning for his…
Allergy Claim Triggers Need for Interactive Evaluation of Options
We have an employee who is claiming she’s allergic to various things in the office, but quite honestly, she has been trying to work from…
New COVID-19 County Health Equity Requirement Begins Tomorrow
In an effort to reduce COVID-19 transmission across all of California’s communities, starting tomorrow, October 6, 2020, the more populous counties will need to meet…
Cal/OSHA Standards Board Requests COVID-19 Draft Emergency Regulation with Limited Opportunity for Stakeholder Input
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal/OSHA) Standards Board voted to grant, in part, Petition 583, which sought the creation of a COVID-19…
New Law Expands CFRA to Small Business
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank and employment law expert Jennifer Shaw discuss how employers…
When to Record, Report COVID-19 Occurrence in Workplace
What are the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) requirements for reporting occurrences of COVID-19 in the workplace? Cal/OSHA has provided guidelines in…
Webinar This Week on Leaves for Expecting Employees
CalChamber’s upcoming webinar on September 17 addresses the leaves and benefits available to expecting and new parents in California and how employers can effectively track…
Bill Adds Small Business to CFRA
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Executive Vice President and General Counsel Erika Frank, and CalChamber Policy Advocate Ashley Hoffman discuss SB 1383, a…
Employment-Related Urgency Bills Await Governor’s Signature
Last Monday, the California legislature concluded its 2019-2020 legislative session. Several of the bills that were passed will go into effect immediately should the Governor…
