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California Employer LAWlert: Amendments to Paid Sick Leave Law, Effective Immediately

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On July 13, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown approved AB 304 Sick Leave: Accrual and Limitations, which amends the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (i.e., Sections 245.5, 246, and 247.5 of the California Labor Code).  These amendments took effect immediately upon signature.  The following is a summary of the key amendments to the law, …

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California Employer LAWlert: New Sick Leave Law Will Require This Posting to be Displayed Where Employees Can Easily Read It

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Effective July 1, 2015, the Healthy Workplaces/Healthy Families Act of 2014 or the CA Paid Sick Leave Law will entitle most employees in California to three days of paid sick leave each year. All California employers must display the following text in an easily readable location on our before the effective date of the law: …

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California Employer LAWlert: RECAP OF NEW PAID SICK LEAVE LAW: Coming to an employer near you July 1, 2015

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Starting July 1, 2015 most employees will be entitled to up to three days of paid sick leave each year.  Here are the details. WHO IS COVERED? Employees who work in California at least 30 days within one year from the commencement of employment are covered.  All private and most public employers are subject to …

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California Employer LAWlert: SUPREME COURT RULES THAT SLEEPING IS HOURS WORKED

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The California Supreme Court in the matter of Mendiola v. CPS Security Solutions, Inc., has reversed the California Court of Appeals, ruling that employees on 24 hour shifts must be paid for time sleeping. Historical Perspective Wage and hour claims are today governed by two complementary and occasionally overlapping sources of authority: the provisions of …

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California Employer LAWlert: New Law Requires Anti-Bullying Training in the Workplace

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Current California law requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide two hours of sexual harassment training and education to all supervisors and managers every 2 years and for newly hired or promoted employees, within six months of the employee’s assumption of a supervisory role. Specifically, the training must include information and practical guidance …

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MISCLASSIFICATION OF EXEMPT EMPLOYEES CAN RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES FOR EMPLOYERS

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Costa Solutions LLC, a warehouse service provider to the HEB grocery chain, has agreed to pay $146,459 in overtime back wages to 63 current and former employees after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. The investigation, conducted by the division’s San Antonio District Office, found that Costa Solutions violated …

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OSHA Announces New Reporting Requirements

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a final rule requiring employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye. The rule, which also updates the list of employers partially exempt from OSHA record-keeping requirements, will go …

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California Employer LAWlert: CA Mandates Paid Sick Leave

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The California legislature on Saturday, August 29, passed the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014. Below are the pertinent elements of the law that every employer in California must become familiar with.Sick Leave Entitlement/Accrual/UseIt states that an employee who, on or after July 1, 2015, works in California for 30 or more days within …

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California Employer LAWlert: FAILURE TO RETURN FROM A LEAVE OF ABSENCE- Don’t Be Quick to Terminate

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Although the following case involves a California employer and California’s version of the ADA, this Alert is relevant to companies nationwide who are subject to the ADA and state equivalents. In Sanchez v. Swissport Inc., employee Sanchez, alleged that she was discriminated against in violation of California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA).  FEHA is …

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