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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...

In California, employees are protected by two main sets of laws that control wages: The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the California Labor Code. Under both the FLSA and the Labor Code, there is what is called...

Earlier this year in response to COVID-19, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-62-20, which created a rebuttable presumption that for certain employees who suffer illness or injury from COVID-19 will be presumed to have...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, starting on January 1, 2021, public and private employers will be required to provide detailed notices to employees when there has been a COVID-19 exposure in the workplace. The new law...

Continuing the saga stemming from the California Supreme Court’s decision in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court, 4 Cal. 5th 903 (2018) (“Dynamex”), on September 4, 2020, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 2257...