Employers Beware Productivity Quotas and Monitoring Can Cause New Claims Employers who have quotas for employees, run warehouses or distribution centers, or otherwise monitor productivity of employees: new law AB 701 applies to you.[1] Starting on January 1st, employers are prohibited from using quotas or productivity monitoring to interfere with...
Former Executive Awarded $10m Claim For Being Fired Because He Is a White Man David Duvall, a Michigan man who sued his employer, Novant Health, claimed in the employer fired him as a white man and replaced him with a Black woman and a White woman as part of the...
UPDATE: Religious Exemptions from COVID-19 Vaccinations On October 25, 2021, the EEOC released an update[1] religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination. The EEOC notes that requests for accommodation should be handled on a case-by-case basis. And in deciding how to proceed, the employer and employee should consider that: •Even...
GROCER GETS DINGED $1.1 MILLIONS FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE COVID PAID SICK LEAVE The Labor Commissioner’s Office now twice cited Bodega Latina dba El Super grocery stores in Southern California $1,164,500 for failing to provide or delaying supplemental paid sick leave or other benefits to 240 workers at 38 locations...
IS REMOTE WORK CONSIDERED A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR AN EMPLOYEE? ANSWER: NO In the case of Brown vs. Austin, the Tenth Circuit found that an employee’s telework, weekend work, and supervisor change request were unreasonable under the Federal Rehabilitation Act and that the employee had failed to allege a prima...
TIP SHARING - FINAL RULE FROM DEPT OF LABOR The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”), at the federal level, enforces employee rights and has the ability to fine employers who do not abide by employment laws. The fines stack up and can be large. The DOL interprets laws, like those...
Posting of Employee Notices – New Law Existing law regulates the wages, hours, and working conditions of any worker employed in any occupation, trade, or industry, whether compensation is measured by time, piece, or otherwise. Under California Senate Bill SB 657, Section 1207 was added to the Labor Code, to...
California Ban on Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements California Employers previously could require that employees sign and abide by mandatory arbitration agreements in pursuing any employment claims - until now. The California legislature enacted Assembly Bill 51, prohibiting mandatory arbitration agreements for any claims under the California Fair Employment and Housing...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE PRESIDENT’S COVID-19 PLAN Small Businesses Get Access to New Low-Cost Loans On September 9, 2021, President Biden unveiled a six-pronged, comprehensive national strategy to combat the Covid-19 pandemic and reopen and support businesses, while working to protect Americans. The plan squarely addresses the nearly eighty million...
TO BOOST OR NOT TO BOOST? IS THE THIRD JAB REALLY NECESSARY? Many of Epps & Coulson, LLP’s employer clients have implemented vaccine and/or COVID testing policies. We have addressed these issues in prior updates (e.g. https://eppscoulson.com/california-implements-and-encourages-all-employers-to-adopt-measures-to-combat-delta-variant/). The next question lingering in the minds of many Employers: should we require...