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...
NEW PAY TRANSPARENCY LAW There is another new law in California effective January 1, 2023 – the wage transparency law under Labor Code 432.3, which requires employers of 15 or more employees to include the pay scale in job postings, and for all employers to provide this information upon request....
Cannabis in the Workplace Effect January 1, 2024, California employers cannot “discriminate” against employees based on the employee’s use of cannabis off-the-clock and away from the workplace. While off-duty use of cannabis is legally protected, the new law does allow employers to fire or suspend workers for possessing, using, or...
CALIFORNIA PROHIBITS ENFORCEMENT OF ANY EMPLOYEE ARBITRATION REQUIREMENT AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT On June 22nd, we updated clients on the U.S. Supreme Court employee arbitration ruling in the Viking River Cruise case.[1] We informed that the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) preempts prior California...
CALIFORNIA CORPORATIONS AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES MUST HAVE A REGISTERED AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS Epps & Coulson, LLP regularly serves as the registered agent for our clients to keep the business in regulatory compliance. Most businesses, big and small, do not want a process server showing up to serve...
ARE YOU READY FOR CALIFORNIA’S NEW AUTO-RENEWING SUBSCRIPTION LAW? If your business provides automatic renewing subscriptions to consumers, effective July 1, 2022, California’s Automatic Renewal Law (“ARL”), one of the most robust statues of its kind, will place stricter requirements on enrollment in (and cancellation from) paid subscription services. The...
SUPREME COURT RULES ON PAGA ARBITRATION The United States Supreme Court ruled in the case of Moriana v. Viking River Cruises, Inc., that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) overrules, in part, California Supreme Court authority limiting the application of arbitration agreements to representative actions brought under California’s Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”)....
Employers: Do You Know About PAGA? You Should. California’s Private Attorney’s General Act (“PAGA”) authorizes aggrieved employees to file lawsuits to recover civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California for Labor Code violations. The result can be like a mini class action lawsuit against...