Bostock Decision Prohibits Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Discrimination
The U.S. Supreme Court in its recent decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia found that Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964…
California Now Presumes Most Employees With COVID-19 Can Receive Workers’ Compensation Benefits
California Governor Gavin Newsom just enacted sweeping changes to the state’s workers’ compensation standards, providing that a broad swath of…
Federal Judge Rules Cal/Savers Not ERISA Pre-Empted
Senior U.S. District Court Judge Morrison C. England ruled on March 10 that California's Cal/Savers program is not pre-empted by the federal Employment…
New Federal Family and Medical Leave and Paid Sick Leave Obligations to Commence on April 2, 2020
Congress has passed, and President Trump has signed, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“the Act”) addressing the Coronavirus pandemic.…
CA Supreme Court Rules Exit Searches are Compensable Time
In Friekin v. Apple, the California Supreme Court has imposed yet another wage-and-hour obligation on California employers. In this instance,…
New Form W-4 for 2020
On December 5, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released the final 2020 Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Certificate. Newly-hired…
Demystifying Labor Commissioner Claims
I Got This “Notice of Claim and Conference”…What Do I Do Now? The first communication from the Labor Commissioner typically is a somewhat…
