by Cynthia Elkins | Oct 19, 2016 | News
Legislation passed earlier this year changes some of the rules relating to smoking in the workplace and expand already-existing smoke-free workplace protections. The changes were effective on June 9, 2016. Existing law prohibits employers from knowingly or...
by Cynthia Elkins | Oct 19, 2016 | News
Effective April 1, 2016, the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) was amended to address numerous aspects of discrimination, harassment and other workplace issues. One issue that has become an recent “hot topic” is whether an employee is permitted to bring their...
by Cynthia Elkins | Nov 9, 2015 | News
Historical Gender Based Wage Differentials It has been reported that in 2014 a woman working full-time in California earned an average of $.84 to every dollar a man earned, and the national average is a wage gap of $.78 to the dollar. The wage gap is much worse for...
by Cynthia Elkins | Dec 22, 2014 | News
Last year, Labor Code Section 226.7 was amended to prohibit employers from requiring employees to work during a recovery period taken in accordance with heat illness regulations. This year, SB 1360 confirms that rest and recovery periods are paid breaks and count...
by Cynthia Elkins | Dec 22, 2014 | News
Under current law, an employer who pays less than the minimum wage is subject to a Labor Commissioner citation that includes a civil penalty, restitution and liquidated damages (Labor Code Section 1197.1). AB 1723 authorizes the Labor Commissioner to also recover...
by Cynthia Elkins | Dec 22, 2014 | News
The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) has been amended by AB 1443 to: • Provide protections against harassment to unpaid interns and volunteers; • Provide protections against discrimination in an unpaid internship or in another limited duration ...
