What’s New in Employment Law?
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Court of Appeal Reinstates Lawsuit Over Termination for Failing Background Check
By D. Gregory Valenza | |
In California, an employee has the right to pretend that criminal convictions, which have been dismissed or judicially expunged, essentially do not exist (with certain exceptions). Labor Code section 432.7 provides such protections. So, unless an exception applies...
The List of New CA Employment-Related Laws
By D. Gregory Valenza | |
As promised, below is a list of most of the employment-related laws passed during this legislative session. We've edited out some of the narrow-cast or obscure ones (mostly public sector, pension-related, and local school district-related) because your eyes will...
More New CA Employment Laws
By D. Gregory Valenza | |
The good news is that the time for Governor Newsom to sign the California Legislature's bounty of bills has now ended for this year. The bad news is that he signed a bevy of them before time ran out. These are in addition to the ones we have covered in our previous...
Some Non-COVID Employment Law News for CA Employers
By D. Gregory Valenza | |
US DOL Proposes Uniform Independent Contractor Rule for Federal Wage Hour Law The IRS, NLRB, and other agencies have their independent contractor tests. And we know that California has AB 2257, which replaced AB 5. It's as easy as ABC to keep track. SWIDT? So the US...
California Legislature Passes New Employment Laws- Some Take Effect Now
By D. Gregory Valenza | |
In this time of COVID and high unemployment, the California Legislature has chosen not to take its metaphorical foot off the gas. This is the time of year when new employment laws are signed in California, and this year is no exception. Some of these bills are...
Coronavirus / COVID Employment Law Updates for California Employers # 21 – AB 1867 Update
By D. Gregory Valenza | |
Here is installment #21 of our ongoing series of COVID-related posts of interest to California employers. We covered AB 1867 (here), supplemental paid COVID sick leave in our previous installment. The California Department of Industrial Relations has issued a posters...
Coronavirus / COVID Employment Law Updates for California Employers # 20
By D. Gregory Valenza | |
Here is installment #20 of our ongoing series of COVID-related posts of interest to California employers. One caveat before we begin today's summary. Although we are trying to keep up with the important issues so we can digest and report them to you, we simply can't...
AB 2257 – CA’s “Improved” Independent Contractor Law, Explained
By D. Gregory Valenza | |
Background Between COVID and the many other "challenging times" we've faced in 2020, it's easy to forget the big employment law developments that occurred just a year ago. So, a little refresher on AB 5 (here). You may recall that the California Legislature enacted AB...
CA Legislature Wishes You Happy Labor Day, Re-Issues AB 5
By D. Gregory Valenza | |
I'll have a more detailed write up after the holiday weekend. But the headline is that California's much "discussed" AB 5 (the independent contractor law) is dead and AB 2257 is here instead. Don't kid yourselves, the "ABC Test" is alive and well. There are just more...
More California Employment Law Pot Pourri (Non-COVID)
By D. Gregory Valenza | |
As promised, here are some more quick takes on California employment law (mostly). US DOL Opinion Letters Let's first start out with the federal DOL's four new opinion letters. Because some of them may apply in California; some probably do not have much applicability....