Employment and Business Litigation Lawyers based in Southern California
On March 19, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-33-20 directing all residents immediately to comply with State public health directives to stay home, except as needed to maintain continuity of operations of essential critical infrastructure sectors and additional sectors designated by the State Public Health Officer as critical to protect health and …
COVID-19 UPDATE: List of “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers”Read More
Because both U.S. employers and employees have questions about the recently enacted Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) signed into federal law on March 18, 2020, we are providing answers to some of the frequently asked questions about this new law. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“Act”): Question: …
Families First Coronavirus Response Act; Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)Read More
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, on March 19, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued EXECUTIVE ORDER N-33-20) (“Order”) directing “all individuals living in the State of California to stay home or at their place of residence” except as needed to (1) obtain “necessities such as food, prescriptions, and health care,” and (2) …
California Senate Bill 1343 amends Government Code Section 12950 and 12950.1 to require employers with five (5) or more employees to provide at least two (2) hours of sexual harassment training to managerial employees and at least one (1) hour of sexual harassment training to nonmanagerial employees by January 1, 2020, and once every two …
California’s New Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Requirements For EmployersRead More
Many law firm partners sign partnership agreements that contain arbitration provisions. The California Court of Appeal recently invalidated an arbitration agreement between the law firm Winston & Strawn and one of its partners, Constance Ramos.Â
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed a number of sexual harassment bills into law, which take effect January 1, 2019. Many of these laws were approved to address persistent sexual harassment issues in the workplace and elsewhere, as highlighted by the #MeToo movement. Below is an overview of the new sexual harassment laws, which affect …
California Ushers In Wave Of Sexual Harassment Laws In Wake Of #MeToo MovementRead More
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed a number of sexual harassment bills into law, which take effect January 1, 2019. Many of these laws were approved to address persistent sexual harassment issues in the workplace and elsewhere, as highlighted by the #MeToo movement. Below is an overview of the new sexual harassment laws, which affect …
Under a new law which took effect July 1, 2017, California employers are no longer be allowed to consider an applicant’s criminal history when making employment decisions if doing so will have an adverse impact on applicant in a legally protected class (race, national origin, or gender) as defined by the Fair Employment and Housing …
California’s New Employment Law Bans Criminal HistoryRead More
