Tag: Labor Commissioner
Timing of Meal Breaks Can Avert Strict Liability for Violations
Our employees start work at 8 a.m. The owner of the company requires that meal breaks start at 1 p.m. While I have told him…
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…
Allowing Use of Sick Time for Vacation Could Prove Costly for Employer
My employee wants to take a few days off to take a trip with her family, but she is out of vacation time. Can I…
Consultation Unit Would Protect Both Workers and Employers
A recently filed initiative, titled “the California Fair Pay and Employer Accountability Act,” would, in addition to reforming the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), create a Consultation…
Not Providing COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Is Costly for Employers
As of March 29, 2021 — and retroactive to January 1, 2021 — employers with 26 or more employees have been required to provide 80…
Retaliation, Wage Theft Top Recent California Labor Commissioner Citations
Although the California Labor Commissioner has allocated many resources to enforcing COVID-19-related infractions during the pandemic, that doesn’t mean it’s turned a blind eye to…
California Labor Commissioner Enforcing Food Sector Workers Emergency Paid Sick Leave Order
As previously reported, on April 16, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order (EO) N-51-20, providing supplemental paid sick leave to food sector workers along…
California Labor Commissioner Files First Lawsuit Enforcing AB 5
Earlier this month, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office filed its first lawsuit to enforce AB 5, which requires employers to use the “ABC” test to…
New California COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Notice
Last night, the California Labor Commissioner released the CA COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Food Sector Workers poster. Employers who are covered under California’s…
Furloughs Versus Layoffs: Is There a Difference in California?
Many Californian businesses are facing difficult choices during this COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic). Confronting losses in revenue and uncertainty in the…
