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Permissible Payroll Rounding Practices
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued an opinion letter addressing permissible rounding practices for calculating an employee’s hours worked. In the letter, a…
Lead Exposure Standard: Big Changes Take Effect January 1, 2025
What changes has Cal/OSHA made to its standard for exposure to lead in construction and other industries? The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)…
California Employers: Beware More Stringent Criminal Background Check Requirements
A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal’s ruling has made already strict background check requirements even more stringent. The court held that the disclosure required under…
DOL Releases Updated Workplace Poster for Federal Contractors
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) released an updated version of the Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act notice,…
Cal/OSHA’s Standards Board Adopts Revised COVID-19 ETS
The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) met on December 16, 2021, to consider a second readoption of its COVID-19 Workplace Emergency Temporary Standard…
Considerations for Back-to-Back Pregnancy, Family Leaves
My employee of five years gave birth and would like to use California Family Rights Act (CFRA) child bonding time immediately following their pregnancy disability…
Employers Can’t Require COVID-19 Antibody Testing
As California’s economy continues to reopen, and workplaces start allowing employees to re-enter, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently updated its COVID-19 guidance,…
Federal Court Vacates New Federal Overtime Rule
On November 15, a federal district court ruled that the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) overtime rule — which raised the salary threshold for the…
How Part-Time Return to Work Affects Employee’s UI Benefits
My employee has been on furlough and collecting unemployment insurance (UI). If I bring her back to work part time, what is the maximum number…
And Just Like That! Fed OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards Are Back On.
On the evening of Friday, December 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dissolved the stay previously in effect for the federal…
