Coming to an Employee Near You: More Paid Sick Leave

Posted on October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 by workwiselaw

California employers will soon need to provide employees with a minimum of five days or 40 hours of paid sick leave annually, up from the current requirement of three days or 24 hours.Read more→

Minimum Wage Goes Up Again for California Municipalities

Posted on June 27, 2023August 22, 2023 by Alexis James

Here we go again. It’s that time in the summer when San Francisco, Los Angeles and about a dozen cities and counties compete for the title of Highest Minimum Wage in the state. This year, the award goes to the city of West Hollywood, in Southern California, whose new minimum wage of $19.08 will have the honor – or infamy – of being the highest minimum wage in the country.Read more→

It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over – Revised COVID Rules

Posted on April 12, 2023August 22, 2023 by Renee N. Noy

A Plethora of New COVID Rule Abounds

Public Health and Workplace Safety Officials at every level of government have been very busy crafting and issuing new rules and guidance for individuals and employers regarding which COVID-19 protections can be abandoned –and which should be kept–moving forward.

Most of the new rules relax previous standards and regulations and some conflict with one another. This can be confusing for employers.Read more→

Mixed News for Employers on Arbitration Agreements

Posted on March 29, 2023August 22, 2023 by Alexis James

Rulings on arbitration agreements continue to come thick and fast. Arbitration is a dispute resolution procedure where legal disputes are resolved by private arbitrators – typically retired judges – rather than in the public court system. Employers generally consider arbitration to be a more favorable forum for deciding disputes than litigating in court, though the costs to arbitrate are expensive.Read more→

Mask and Vaccine Mandates for Health Care Workers to be Lifted

Posted on March 7, 2023August 22, 2023 by Renee N. Noy

Health care workers in California can take a breath of fresh air. The California Department of Public Health announced that the statewide Covid-19 related mask mandates will expire on April 3, 2023.Read more→

Excited to Share Our Feature Story on Valley Lawyer Magazine!

Posted on January 4, 2023August 22, 2023 by Alexis James

We are so honored to have been featured on the December 2022 edition of Valley Lawyer Magazine. Click here to read the the article, which begins on page 18.

New Right to Unpaid Bereavement Leave

Posted on October 21, 2022August 22, 2023 by Renee N. Noy

Effective January 1, 2023, a new California statute, AB 1949, requires employers in California to give eligible employees up to five days of unpaid bereavement leave after the death of a spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, domestic partner or parent-in-law.Read more→

Change in Definition of Close Contact

Posted on October 21, 2022August 22, 2023 by Alexis James

What is the change?

The California Department of Public Health has issued an order changing its definition of “close contact” with regard to notifying potentially impacted employees of their exposure to a COVID-19 positive person in the workplace. Effective immediately, “close contact” is now defined as either:Read more→