FELS Newsletter: April 2023
Safety Sheet: Sun Exposure
Cal/OSHA’s Indoor Heat Regulation Coming Soon
In 2016, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 1167, mandating that Cal/OSHA propose and adopt regulations to address the risk of heat illness in indoor workplaces by Jan. 1, 2019. Although factors such as COVID-19 delayed the proposal of regulations, Cal/OSHA on March 31 finally published the proposed regulations, along with a notice […]
Gas Cards In Lieu of Mileage Reimbursement?
California Labor Code section 2802 requires an employer to reimburse an employee for necessary expenditures incurred by the employee in discharging employment duties. The California Labor Commissioner has opined that, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the use of the Internal Revenue Service standard mileage rate satisfies an employer’s reimbursement requirement for expenses […]
Pay Data Reporting Update: CRD Offers Enforcement Deferral
Pay data reporting required by Senate Bill 1162 has generated many questions (and headaches) among employers, especially as the first deadline for pay data reporting approaches on May 10. On April 14, the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) announced that starting on April 18, it would begin accepting from employers “enforcement deferral requests” for their […]
If Your Bank Fails, What Happens to Payroll?
The recent collapses of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank caused many—including their customers’ employees—to wonder whether the banks’ customers could timely make payroll. Runs on SVB in Santa Clara, Calif., and Signature Bank in New York City began in early March. When SVB failed on March 10, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation took […]
