by Cynthia Elkins | Mar 18, 2020 | News
As the world seeks to respond to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, employers and employees have many concerns. Some of the basic and easiest suggestions and recommendations for the workplace, and elsewhere are: 1) Social distancing; 2) Working from home; 3) Maintaining a...
by Cynthia Elkins | Feb 24, 2020 | News
With the California primary election just around the corner, employers need to be mindful of California law which allows employees up to two hours of paid time to vote in a statewide election if they do not have sufficient time to vote outside of working hours....
by Cynthia Elkins | Feb 21, 2020 | News
On January 31, 2020, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) finally published the updated Form I-9, as the prior form “expired” on 8/31/2019. Click here for the form. Employers may use either this new version (which is marked with a 10/21/19 revision...
by Cynthia Elkins | Feb 12, 2020 | News
The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) publishes posters and information sheets that provide employees and employers with information pertaining to their rights and obligations in the workplace. The DFEH also publishes several brochures and fact sheets...
by Cynthia Elkins | Dec 11, 2019 | News
As in the prior several years, the California minimum wage shall increase effective January 1, 2020. Increase Is Dependent on Number of Employees The amount of the increase is dependent on the number of employees. However, determining the number of employees is not...
by Cynthia Elkins | Nov 14, 2019 | News
Current law requires that an employer must provide a reasonable amount of break time to allow employees to express breast milk. The break time shall, if possible, run concurrently with any break time already provided to the employee. Such break time that does not run...
