Now that the FDA has authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and is meeting today to review whether to authorize Moderna’s vaccine (it is expected that the FDA will approve this vaccine), employers may be wondering whether...
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November 30, 2020
New Cal/OSHA Regulations Require a Workplace COVID-19 Prevention Program
The Department of Industrial Relations’ Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) has unanimously adopted new emergency temporary regulations imposing COVID-related safety standards and requirements at the...
November 9, 2020
California Passes Prop 22 in a Major Victory for Gig Transportation and Delivery Companies
On November 3, 2020, California voters passed the long-awaited Proposition 22 (text available here), which exempts online-based transportation businesses from having to re-classify transportation drivers as employees under...
October 26, 2020
California Court of Appeal Rules that Uber and Lyft Must Comply with Preliminary injunction and Classify Drivers as Employees
On October 22, 2020, a California appeals court unanimously ruled that Uber and Lyft must comply with a preliminary injunction requiring them to stop incorrectly classifying their drivers as independent contractors in...
October 8, 2020
How California Compensates Workers Who are “On Call”
In California, the Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders define “hours worked” as the time during which an employee is “subject to the control of the employer,” and consists of all the time the...