BANKRUPTCY DOES NOT PROTECT EMPLOYERS FROM WARN ACT EMPLOYEE LAYOFF NOTICE REQUIREMENTS When operating companies file bankruptcy, it often precipitates employee layoffs. Employers should know about the notice obligations (we’ve posted about them before – or just call us). As a recap, the federal WARN Act requires employers to notify...
EEOC RELEASES UPDATED “KNOW YOUR RIGHTS” POSTER The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has released an updated poster (“Know Your Rights”) that federal nondiscrimination laws require employers to display. Covered employers with 15 or more employees must post the new version as soon as possible. Employers covered by federal...
California Amends Hate Crime Law California has enacted legislation (Assembly Bill 2282), which clarifies the state's hate crime law as it pertains to the workplace and increases the potential for penalties. The bill addresses a growing problem with hate crimes surging to the highest in 12 years. The new law...
BANKRUPTCY COURT REQUIRES TENANT TO CURE LEASE AND GIVE ADEQUATE ASSURANCES OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE When a tenant files bankruptcy, the tenant has a short period of time to assume the lease but must cure any defaults in payment and offer to the landlord adequate assurances of future good performance. In...
DOL Issues Long Awaited Proposed Rule on Independent Contractors The misclassification of employees as independent contractors is one of the most serious problems facing affected employees, employers, and the U.S. economy. The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has issued a proposed rule to clarify who is an independent contractor under...
Extension to COVID-19-Relief Bill Current state law was set to expire, but California extended the 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law (“SPSL”), the law that requires employers with 26 or more employees to provide supplemental paid sick leave to employees for COVID-19 related qualifying reasons. September 30, 2022, providing...
Your Employee Has a Side Job An estimated 57 million Americans are pursuing side jobs and that number is growing. Employees have a right to do what they want when not working, however, side jobs are a stressful and controversial issue for employers. Working a second job may be just...
CALIFORNIA EXPANDS BENEFITS FOR PAID FAMILY LEAVE California created the first Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) law 20 years ago. Now, California’s new PFL benefits expand leave benefits and gradually increase the amount paid to lower-wage employees who use the benefits. The new law phases in an increase in benefits. By...
California Labor Commissioner Recovers $282,000 for Wage Citations New lien authority assists in recovery of money for employees not paid for all time worked The Labor Commissioner’s Office recovered more than $282,000 for wage theft violations affecting 22 car wash workers in Long Beach, who were not paid for the...
Treble Damages For Diversion Of Partnership Funds The California Supreme Court decided on July 21, 2022, in the case of SIRY INVESTMENT, L.P. v. FARKHONDEHPOUR a trial court may award treble damages and attorney’s fees under Penal Code section 496, subdivision (c) in a case involving (not trafficking of stolen goods...