Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers in California: be aware and prepare for new laws increasing minimum wages and mandating overtime pay for agricultural employees; expanding the California Fair Pay Act to race and ethnicity and to address prior salary consideration; imposing new restrictions on background checks and gig economy workers; and more. Small employers will be relieved the Governor vetoed expanded unpaid
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‘Tis the Season… New CA Laws Give Employees More Legally-Protected Time Off
By: Kristina Launey and Daniel Kim
As noted previously in this space, California already permits employees to take many kinds of protected time off not generally available in other parts of the country. In 2013, California’s Legislature presented workers with even more kinds of legally-protected absences. It is hard to begrudge leaves of absence for crime victims and emergency
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I Have to Let My Employee Take Off of Work For What?! A Brief Reminder of California Small Necessities Leave Laws
We all know California is a pretty employee-friendly state. Employers are regularly and rightfully bewildered when it comes to knowing the ins-and-outs of California’s laws, especially when it comes to some of the more obscure requirements allowing them to miss work. Well, we’re here to help key you in on a few of the more surprising protected leaves of absence
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