By Laura A. Pierson-Scheinberg & Kymiya St. Pierre on September 17, 2021-Jackson Lewis law firm After the announcement of President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan, employers across the country, including California started to consider how to implement vaccination...
Matthew J. Roberts, Esq. September 10, 2021 HR Watchdog On September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. Department of Labor through its Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is working to create an emergency temporary standard (ETS)...
By Jonathan A. Siegel, Chris D. Schlag & Jianna Yun on August 30, 2021-Jackson Lewis PC In June, with much fanfare, California announced it was reopening and lifting many of the COVID-19 restrictions that had been in place through state executive and health...
The western United States may be in for another difficult wildfire season in 2021. Such events bring wildfire smoke, a potential health hazard particularly for employees who work outdoors. Employers in California are required to comply with specific, prescribed...
On July 15, 2021, the Supreme Court of California held in Ferra vs. Loews that employers must calculate employees premium pay for noncompliant meal, rest, or recovery periods just like it does for overtime —at their regular rate of pay, which includes hourly wages and...
CalWorkSafety & HR Invites You to a Scheduled ZOOM Meeting Date: Thursday August 19, 2021 Time: 10:00-11:00 A.M. PST Presenter: Don Dressler, Founder & Attorney Topic: COVID Surge Causing Changes in Government Rules Meeting...
By Kellie M. Thomas on August 9, 2021 – Jackson Lewis PC The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) kept many practitioners busy this spring/summer, as may be evident by our discussions here, here, here, and here. Under one of ARPA’s most impactful provisions,...
Matthew J. Roberts, Esq. August 5, 2021 HR Watchdog With COVID-19 cases back on the rise and mitigation strategies, like face covering mandates, back, it feels like we have jumped into a time machine to go back to the past. The issue now is that California is...
California is currently experiencing the fastest increase in COVID-19 cases during the entire pandemic with 11.2 new cases per 100,000 people per day, and case rates increasing five-fold within two months. The Delta variant (which is very highly contagious and...
By Devjani H. Mishra, Thomas Metzger, and Alka Ramchandani-Raj on July 28, 2021 Littler law firm On July 27, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its COVID-19 guidance, recommending that even individuals who have been fully vaccinated...
By Garen E. Dodge & Jonathan A. Siegel on July 21, 2021 – Jackson Lewis PC California employers should review their employment background check procedures in light of recent developments. The California Court of Appeal recently ruled in All of Us or None of Us v....
By Mark Powell -www.workcompcentral.com California’s COVID-19 workplace safety standards will remain in effect until January, but employers might be able to lessen their regulatory burden by treating all workers as unvaccinated, a risk management consultant said....
