CALIFORNIA PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACT (PAGA) CHANGES Employers: the California Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”) is being amended to impose new limits on who can bring a PAGA action and the scope of Labor Code violations that a plaintiff employee can pursue; it will also create caps on penalties for...
FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS CALIFORNIA’S AB5 ON EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION The full 11-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld California’s AB5, which redefined how courts determine whether workers are independent contractors or employees. This decision has significant implication for employers across the state. AB5, enacted in 2020 was originally...
CALIFORNIA UPDATES: TWO MANDATORY PAMPHLETS REQUIRED FOR NEW HIRES California made updates to two crucial pamphlets that employers are required to provide to new hires. (1) The “TIME of Hire” pamphlet provided by the California Department of Industrial Relations Division of Worker’s Compensation and (2) the “For Your Benefit” pamphlet...
California Seeks to Enact Its Own State Corporate Transparency Act California seeks to raise transparency regarding California business ownership by passing Senate Bill 1201, which seeks to impose on all domestic and foreign limited liability companies and corporations doing business in California the obligation to provide information about the beneficial...
We want to Remind Employers that Starting July 1, 2024 You Need a Workplace Violence Preventive Plan By July 1, 2024, California employers are required to have a written plan against workplace violence. “Workplace Violence” encompasses any act or threat that may lead to physical harm, psychological distress, or undue...
JOINT EMPLOYER: NEW RULE A “joint employer” is when different entities exercise enough control over a worker that they have each formed an employment relationship with that worker. Thus, one worker could be an employee of multiple entities, even if those entities are not associated with one another (think, for...
NEW LAW BANNING EMPLOYEE NON-COMPETE CLAUSES (IN EMPLOYEE HANDBOOKS AND AGREEMENTS) California’s Senate Bill 699 (along with existing laws), bans (actually voids) agreements that purport to restrain an employee from competing with the employer: Existing law (Business & Profession Code 16600) states "Every contract by which anyone is restrained from...
Medi-Cal Fraud Epps & Coulson, LLP represents groups of clients in four core areas: business generally, real estate, employment and health care. We keep up with what’s going on in those core areas. On the health care front, we help clients stay out of regulatory trouble, as well as all...
CA Extends Attorney Appearing Remotely for Court Proceedings Existing law authorizes, until July 1, 2023, a party to appear remotely and a court to conduct conferences, hearings, proceedings, and even trials in civil cases, in whole or in part, through the use of remote technology. While California Senate Bill 133...
Apartment Owners Fighting New LA Rent Laws The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (“AAGLA”) filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles in order to stop LA’s enforcement of two renter protection ordinances: Ordinance No. 187763 requiring at least one month of past due rent before the landlord...