DAWN M. COULSON NAMED SUPER LAWYER FOR 2022 Epps & Coulson, LLP is pleased to announce that managing partner Dawn M. Coulson has been named to the Southern California Super Lawyer list for 2022. This marks the 16th consecutive year (2007 - 2022) that Ms. Coulson has been included in...
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,...
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...
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...
Big Changes to Texas Workplace Sexual Harassment Law Are you Prepared? In a surprising move, Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed two significant amendments, SB45 and HB 21, to the Texas labor code, which will be significantly expanded and redefined. These amendments will have a major impact on how businesses...
DAWN M. COULSON NAMED SUPER LAWYER 2022 Dawn Coulson has been selected as 2022 Southern California Super Lawyer. Congratulations to Dawn for 16 straight years of being awarded the honor by her peers and colleagues of Super Lawyer designation 2022. Dawn has been designated Super Lawyer for each year 2007...
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT RULES MISSED MEAL AND REST BREAK PREMIUM PAYMENTS ARE TO BE CALCULATED USING HOURLY RATE PLUS NON-DISCRETIONARY PAYMENTS California employers must provide employees with at least a 30 minute meal break at or by the 5 hour work period mark, as well as two 10 minute rest...
New Hampshire Work-From-Home Employees Get Taxed From Massachusetts, Physical Location Of Employer New Hampshire does not have state income tax. So, it is an attractive state for employees to reside. However, in October 2020, Massachusetts issued a temporary emergency regulation (later adopted as a final rule) that said workers...
New Federal Rule on “Surprise Medical Bills” On July 1, 2021, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS,) Labor and Treasury and the office of Personnel Management, issued “Requirements related to Surprise Billing; Part 1,” an interim final rule restricting “Excessive” out of pocket cost to consumers. This...
This is an update to our prior OSHA/COVID-19 employer alerts. Cal/Osha has developed a model program to assist employers in creating their own workplace “written” Covid-19 Prevention Plan (CPP). This updated model, published June 29, 2021, reflects the changes made from the June 17, 2021, Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). Cal/Osha...