Update: On May 31, 2024, Governor Newsom passed S.B. 828, which delays implementation of S.B. 525, the health care minimum wage law signed by Governor Newsom on October 13, 2023. S.B. 828 delays all of the minimum wage adjustments in S.B. 525 by one month. This means that S.B. 525, which was set to take effect on June 1, 2024
Continue Reading Paging Healthcare Workers! California Legislature Passes Bill Raising Minimum WagesRing In 2024 With California’s Updated Paid Sick Leave FAQs!
Seyfarth Synopsis: With the new year right around the corner, California published updated FAQs on the state’s amended Paid Sick Leave Law, which goes into effect January 1, 2024. We’re here to break down the key insights and details of the FAQs so you can start 2024 off on the right foot, including compliance requirements for January 1, coordination
Continue Reading Ring In 2024 With California’s Updated Paid Sick Leave FAQs!We Slept In! Time To Prepare for New 2024 Requirements!
Seyfarth Synopsis: Prepare for new California workplace legal requirements effective January 1, 2024, now. Seyfarth has you covered with all the ways to protect your workplace just like Kevin McCallister defends his house.
This is your house. You have to defend it. But Seyfarth is here to help you get your business updates in order before the end of the
Continue Reading We Slept In! Time To Prepare for New 2024 Requirements!Every Who In California Must Update Their Wage Theft Notice For January
Seyfarth Synopsis: Among new workplace legal requirements effective January 1, 2024, making employers green in the face with end of the year preparations are necessary revisions to Wage Theft Notices. They must be ready for distribution starting January 1 to new hires and when information changes, in line with the new template notice from the DLSE.
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Continue Reading Every Who In California Must Update Their Wage Theft Notice For JanuaryGovernor Orders Extra Cheddar For Fast Food Employees
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Governor has approved a new and adjusted Fast Food Council responsible for establishing minimum standards on wages and for developing minimum standards for other topics affecting workers in the industry, including health and safety conditions, protected time off work, and discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.
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Continue Reading Governor Orders Extra Cheddar For Fast Food EmployeesStill Flexing Our Pecs! 2023 Cal-Peculiarities is Available!
California 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!Heads Carolina, Tails California – Expanded Non-Compete Prohibitions Cross State Lines
Seyfarth Synopsis: For employees looking to leave somewhere greener for somewhere warmer, California may now be climbing to the top of their list. On September 1, 2023, Governor Newsom signed legislation that extends California’s restrictions on non-compete agreements to contracts signed out of state, effective January 1, 2024. Specifically, SB 699 provides that any contract that is void under California law is
Continue Reading Heads Carolina, Tails California – Expanded Non-Compete Prohibitions Cross State LinesLegislature Passes Amendments to Statewide Paid Sick Leave Law
Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 13, 2023, the California legislature passed S.B. 616, which is expected to significantly expand the State’s existing paid sick leave mandate by increasing the annual amount of paid sick leave from three days or 24 hours to five days or 40 hours for eligible employees, and raising the accrual cap from 48 hours to 80 hours.
Continue Reading Legislature Passes Amendments to Statewide Paid Sick Leave LawCalifornia Takes the Match With Adolph Ruling
Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff whose individual PAGA claims are compelled to arbitration retains standing to pursue representative PAGA claims in court in Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc., meaning that their claims may live on way past the first volley.
Wimbledon may be over but, on Monday, the California Supreme Court returned Viking River
Continue Reading California Takes the Match With Adolph RulingCal/OSHA Definition Changes Make Outbreaks Less Likely
Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 20, 2023, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) updated its guidance to local health departments on the definition of a COVID-19 outbreak. The new definition changes the timeframe for counting COVID-19 cases that make up an outbreak from 14 to 7 days. The CDPH change necessitates that the definition of an outbreak for purposes
Continue Reading Cal/OSHA Definition Changes Make Outbreaks Less Likely