Los Angeles City COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Ends Soon
In response to COVID-19, California and several California cities and counties adopted COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave orders or ordinances, but after three years of…
Compliance During Emergency Conditions
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber employment law expert Matthew Roberts sits down with CalChamber Labor Law Helpline expert Ellen Savage to discuss…
Mountain View’s New Wage Theft Ordinance
Not only does Mountain View currently have the highest minimum wage rate in California, it also recently enacted the Mountain View Wage Theft Ordinance, which requires…
California Workplace Mental Health Report Draft: Comments Welcome
The Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission (MHSOAC) has released a draft workplace mental health report, Working Well: Supporting Mental Health at Work in…
FTC Proposed Rule Broadly Prohibits Non-Compete Agreements
Back in July 2021, President Joe Biden issued his Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, which, among other things, encouraged the Federal…
Berkeley Adopts New Fair Work Week Ordinance
Editor’s note: This blog was updated on June 21, 2023, to clarify that the Berkeley Fair Workweek Ordinance becomes operative in January 2024. On November…
Compliance Tips for 2023
In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber employment law expert Matthew Roberts and CalChamber’s vice president of employment law, Bianca Saad, discuss the new…
2023 IRS Mileage Rates Announced
On December 29, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service issued the 2023 optional standard mileage rates, which are used to calculate the deductible costs of operating…
CA Labor Commissioner’s FAQs on Pay Scale Disclosures
As 2023 gets closer, the California Labor Commissioner’s office released FAQs addressing some of employers’ lingering questions about the new pay scale disclosure requirements starting…
Top 2022 HRWatchdog Blogs: COVID-19, New Laws, Mental Stress
Goodbye, 2022! 2023, and all those new employment laws, are right around the corner, so let’s take a look back at our most popular HRWatchdog…
