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Employers Must Post New EEOC Poster Immediately
On October 19, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released an updated “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster to replace the…
California Health Care Worker Minimum Wage Delayed One Month
Updated July 1, 2024: The California health care worker minimum wage was delayed again — with a few possible start dates depending on certain circumstances….
What Does the US DOL’s Proposed New Independent Contractor Rule Mean for California?
To change how employers can determine whether their workers are employees or independent contractors, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently published a proposal for…
Valentine’s Day: What Employers Should Know About Workplace Relationships
Over the last four decades, the instances of romances between coworkers have risen and fallen — and then risen again! From the 1980s to the…
To Electronically Submit Data or Not? That Is the Question
We begin a new act in the continuing drama of will California employers need to electronically submit Form 300A data or not. On May 9,…
Meal Break Timing: OK to Provide Early in Work Shift
We have an employee who is scheduled to work an eight-hour shift and routinely clocks out for his meal break after working only two hours….
Fix PAGA, There’s a Better, Fairer Way for Workers
California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) is broken, ineffective and inefficient for workers and unfair for thousands of businesses. Under the lawsuit-first system, workers get…
Retaliation Tops EEOC Charges Again
Retaliation still tops the list of most-filed EEOC charges, as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) details in their 2019 Fiscal Year (FY) breakdown…
2021 New Year, New Laws
Goodbye, 2020, and good riddance! As we enter 2021, the new year brings several new employment-related laws that employers should be prepared for, including: New…
The Benefit of Employee Handbooks (Plus a Tool to Help Craft One)
Stated simply, an employee handbook is one of the best ways to avoid misunderstandings; to ensure fair, consistent treatment of employees; and to help protect…
