WHAT TO INCLUDE IN AN EMPLOYEE FILE Accurate recordkeeping and maintenance of personnel records is essential for an employer. Employers collect important documents relating to each employee throughout the employee life cycle and those records should contain the history of the employment relationship from employment application through exit interview. For...
Employers - Reopening Businesses The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (“CDC”) surprise relaxation of the COVID-19 mask guidance on Thursday, May 13th, puts us on a path to pre-pandemic life for fully vaccinated people. But, employers should consider whether to relax pandemic health and safety protocols at the workplace...
EMPLOYEES: Do Employers Have to Give Employees Meal and Rest Breaks? Answer: It Depends Federal law says “no,” as the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) does not require employers to provide employees with meal or rest breaks. But, some state laws say “yes” and laws vary by state. In...
EMPLOYERS OF 26 EMPLOYEES OR MORE NEW LAW ON COVID-19 LEAVE REQUIREMENTS Senate Bill 95[1] becomes law in California on March 29, 2021. Employers with 26 or more employees have new COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave requirements that are retroactive to January 1st, 2021 and goes through September 30,...
REMOTE AND IN PERSON EMPLOYEES CA LABOR COMMISSIONER IS COMING FOR YOU Employers in California better get it right in the treatment of employees. Any employee working in California must be paid under California laws, including remote employees. The California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (“DLSE”) is tasked with combating...
EMPLOYER GETS INDICTED FOR NO POACHING SENIOR EMPLOYEES AGREEMENTS WITH COMPETITORS Employers rarely get entwined in antitrust actions, but that is exactly what happened on January 7th of this year. The Department of Justice indicted Surgical Care Affiliates LLC, which operates outpatient medical care facilities throughout the country. The indictment...
COVID 19: Should Employers Mandate Employees Take the Vaccine? The first COVID-19 vaccines are being administered and while it may be quite some time before the vaccines will be available to most of us, employers may well want to begin considering whether to have a vaccine policy. Why? In other...
COVID-19: OSHA Offers Guidance To Employers and Employees in New FAQs On July 2, 2020, OSHA published Frequently Asked Questions[1] on COVID-19 topics. OSHA updated previous guidance and incorporated guidance from other federal agencies. The FAQs provide links to employment-related resources involving workplace safety and health topics, including COVID-19 issues. ...
COVID 19: Face Masks, Testing and What Employer and Their Employees Need to Know Moving Forward in the Workplace According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (“OSHA”), Employers must take precautions to protect employees (and customers) from COVID-19. The EEOC...
The Civil Rights Act: Supreme Court’s Landmark Decision Today That Under Federal Law Employers Cannot Discriminate Against Homosexual or Transgender Employees The United States Supreme Court ruled today that under Federal Law employers cannot discriminate against an individual based on that employee’s sex. The Court interpreted the 1964 Civil...