California employers need to brace themselves and prepare for the following minimum wage hikes going into effect in several cities across the state on July 1, 2022: These local minimum wage increases do not alter the salary...
Author: Ron Brand
February 15, 2022
California Passes New COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
California’s new COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave law, SB 114 (SB 114 Employment: COVID-19: supplemental paid sick leave), takes effect on February 19, 2022 and is retroactive to January 1, 2022. Among other...
February 15, 2022
California Lifts Mask Mandates for Vaccinated Residents
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the traditional workplace in California and across the country. With the onset of the highly contagious Omicron variants and more than eight million COVID-19 cases and 81,000 deaths...
The CDC recently updated its guidance to shorten the recommended time employees with COVID exposure should isolate before returning to work. A few days later, it updated its guidance to include mandatory testing before...
December 28, 2021
COVID-19 Employment Law Updates
Cal/OSHA Institutes Revised Emergency Temporary Standards On December 16, 2021, the Standards Board of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (better known as Cal/OSHA) adopted significant revisions to the...