UPDATED WAGE THEFT PROTECTION ACT NOTICE PUBLISHED Since 2011, California employers have been required to provide their employees with the Wage Theft Protection Act Notice, which provides specific information about the employees’ wages and paid sick leave...

RETALIATION PRESUMED TO EXIST One of the many laws that Governor Newsom signed was Senate Bill 497 (SB 497), known as the “Equal Pay and Anti-Retaliation Protection Act.” This new law amends Labor Code Sections 98.6, 1102.5, and 1197.5. At Will Employment California...

Governor Newsom was presented with 1,046 bills to consider for the 2024 legislative session. By the October 14th deadline, 890 bills were signed and of those 80 new employment related bills were signed. Below is a brief summary of some of the new laws affecting the...

Well, this was inevitable....on October 4, 2023 Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 616 (“SB 616”) into law amending California’s paid sick leave law (the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014) which changes include increasing the amount of leave that is...

PROTECTIONS FOR FREELANCE WORKERS IN LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles City Freelance Worker Protections Ordinance, effective July 1, 2023, seeks to provide assurances to freelance workers that they are “treated fairly and receive the compensation they are due." What does...

Due to the passage of several new laws, employers must update certain workplace posters: Federal Minimum Wage notice, (applicable to all employers), was updated in response to the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act that passed at the...

First the bad news.... COURT FINDS REIMBURSEMENT OF COVID RELATED WORK FROM HOME EXPENSES REQUIRED As employers are well aware, California Labor Code §2802(a) requires employers to reimburse employees “for all necessary expenditures ... incurred by the employee in...

On Monday, July 17, 2023 the California Supreme Court issued its much anticipated decision in Adolph v. Uber (Supreme Court Case No. S274671) and, as expected, the California high court in an employee friendly ruling, found that a PAGA Plaintiff does not lose...

LOS ANGELES CITY MINIMUM WAGE It’s that time of year again.... time for the Minimum Wage increase... On February 1, 2023, the City of Los Angeles Office of Wage Standards announced the coming increase for July 1, 2023 which is based upon the Consumer Price Index for...

PREGNANT & NURSING EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXPANDED In the recent Omnibus Spending Bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden, two measures were included aimed at providing additional workplace protections for pregnant employees. Pregnant Workers Fairness...