Category: Local Ordinances
Los Angeles City’s New Freelance Worker Protections Ordinance
In California, properly classifying workers as either employees or independent contractors has been an evolving topic for years and can result in significant legal exposure…
California’s Local Minimum Wage Rates Increasing July 1
While many California cities and counties increase their local minimum wage rates at the start of each year, several localities implement their local minimum wage…
San Francisco Employer Annual Reporting Form Due May 1
Remember — employers covered by San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance or Health Care Security Ordinance (or both) must submit their Employer Annual Reporting Form to…
Reminder for Retailers: LA’s Fair Work Week Ordinance Starts April 1
Starting April 1, 2023, retail businesses with at least 300 employees globally and doing any work in the city of Los Angeles will have new…
Several Cities Join California in Ending Local COVID-19 State of Emergency
On Tuesday, February 28, California will end its COVID-19 declaration of emergency, and the federal government anticipates terminating the national emergency on May 11, 2023….
San Francisco’s New Military Leave Pay
San Francisco employers with 100 or more employees should prepare to comply with yet another local ordinance that goes into effect on February 19, 2023!…
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…
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…
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…
Los Angeles City’s New Fair Work Week Ordinance
On November 29, 2022, the Los Angeles City Council approved a Fair Work Week Ordinance, which goes into effect on April 1, 2023. Retail businesses…
