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EVICTION AND RENT INCREASE MORATORIUM UPDATE

 EVICTION AND RENT INCREASE MORATORIUM UPDATE Los Angeles CITY extends Local Emergency to January 8, 2023 Los Angeles City eviction moratorium is extended through January 8, 2023, and then it will be considered for further extension on a month-to-month basis.  The Los Angeles Housing Department (“LAHD”) website[1], under the tenant...

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NEW EMPLOYMENT LAWS FOR 2022

NEW EMPLOYMENT LAWS FOR 2022 It is a new year, with new employment laws.  Here’s a synopsis: No More Confidentiality Provisions In Settlement Agreements California law previously prohibited the use of confidentiality provisions in settlement agreements involving claims of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sex discrimination.  Now, the legislature broadened...

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Employers Must Pay Employees for Deminimus Startup Time

Employers Must Pay Employees for Deminimus Startup Time Booting up work computers takes time.  The call center representative employees (CCRs) at Nelnet Diversified Solutions LLC (“Nelnet”) had to clock in after their computers were up and running and software was launched, but they were not being paid for that time....

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OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccine-Testing Mandate Back in Effect

OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccine-Testing Mandate Back in Effect On December 17, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the nationwide stay on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that had been imposed by the Fifth Circuit, requiring the ETS’s employer vaccination and testing requirements for COVID-19...

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California Imposes New Indoor Mask Mandate

California Imposes New Indoor Mask Mandate Citing a sharp increase in COVID-19 infection rates, California is reimposing a statewide mask mandate on indoor settings for one month, regardless of vaccination status.  California State Health & Human Services (CDPH) announced that beginning Wednesday, December 15, 2021, running through January 15, 2022,...

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Another First Amendment Ruling in Employment Law

Another First Amendment Ruling in Employment Law The case is American Society of Journalists and Authors Inc. v. Bonta, 9th Cir., No. 20-55734 (Oct. 6, 2021), petition for rehearing en banc denied (Nov. 23, 2021).  California's "ABC test" for classifying workers as employees or independent contractors, does not violate the...

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Can Employees Send Confidential Information To The Media?

Can Employees Send Confidential Information To The Media? The case is Breiterman v. U.S. Capitol Police, D.C. Cir., No. 20-5295 (Oct. 15, 2021), where the U.S. Capitol Police demoted a sergeant to private first class for disciplinary reasons and later fired her when she ‘exercised’ her First Amendment rights by...

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TODAY – OSHA ISSUED GUIDANCE FOR VACCINE MANDATES

TODAY - OSHA ISSUED GUIDANCE FOR VACCINE MANDATES By December 4, 2021, large employers (those with over 100 employees, including remote and part time employees - everybody) must put in place vaccine mandate requirements for employees.  Today OSHA issued the Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”) for large employers and Frequently Asked...

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