By: Heather E. Horn & Jonathan L. Brophy
Seyfarth Synopsis: It’s the most wonderful time of the year—until someone spikes the punch and your company lands on a naughty list. Holiday parties are great for spreading cheer, but they can lead to liability faster than the bartender can pour eggnog at an open bar. Here’s how to keep your celebration
Continue Reading Don’t Let Your Holiday Party Become a Lawsuit WonderlandBy: Kristina Launey and Martha Gates
Seyfarth Synopsis: As swashbuckling trick or treaters are donning their swords, and fearing getting trapped in a Halloween haunted house or corn maze, employers operating in California are navigating the mental maze of deciphering a path to compliance with AB 692. Read on for our summary of the tricks and treats (exceptions) to this
Continue Reading TRAPped No More? Navigating California’s Stay-or-Pay ReformCalifornia continues to be “where the future happens” for employment law, and we are pleased to offer our 2023 version of Cal-Peculiarities How California Employment Law is Different. As in previous editions, this publication reflects the breadth and depth of our California employment practice and focuses entirely on the most vexing aspects of California employment law. Click here to request
Continue Reading Still Flexing Our Pecs! 2023 Cal-Peculiarities is Available!Seyfarth Synopsis: As of August 30, 2018, California businesses must provide the public with more information about dangerous chemicals present at the business location. Many California employers will comply with the new requirements through the Cal/OSHA-required workplace hazardous communication program. For occupational exposures that do not meet the thresholds for HazMat communications, posting new signs will meet the requirements.
Continue Reading Proposition 65: Sign of the Times—For Employers, What’s New is Old
Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board issued its much-anticipated decision in Browning-Ferris Industries of California, 362 NLRB No. 186 (August 27, 2015). By a 3-2 vote, the Board announced a new standard to determine whether multiple entities are “joint employers” of a single workforce. The Board will now inquire whether there is a common-law employment relationship with the employees
Continue Reading NLRB’s New “Joint Employer” Standard: Seismic Impact for California Employers?
This blog post was originally published in Seyfarth Shaw’s Environmental & Safety Law Update.
California is one of 22 states and jurisdictions that has its own OSHA Plan covering private sector employers. The federal OSHA law, of course, continues to provide a minimum level of safety, or “floor,” under which these state regulations may not fall. But above this
Continue Reading California Really Is Different: How Employers’ Obligations Differ Under Cal/OSHA With Respect to Reporting Serious Workplace Injuries