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The Labor and Employment Law blog is written by the Employment Lawyers at Weintraub Tobin law firm and discusses labor and employment topics, issues, and legal news. Weintraub Tobin is an innovative provider of sophisticated legal services to businesses and business owners throughout California.
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6d ago
California Employment News, a video and podcast series hosted by the Labor & Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin, released its 50th episode on March 19, 2024.
Launched in 2022, California Employment News provides short, informational videos and podcasts that are designed to keep California employers up-to-date on legal developments in employment law and help them manage their employees and workplaces. Attorneys from Weintraub’s Labor & Employment Group share their insight, experience, and best practices related to settled employment law, as well as new and developing topics involving ..read more
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1w ago
From minimum wage laws to confidentiality agreements, there have been several legal updates over the past year that apply to most CA employers. Lukas Clary and Ryan Abernethy break down five top developments in wage and hour law for 2024 in this special 50th edition of California Employment News.
Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel or listen to this podcast episode here ..read more
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2w ago
If you’re a California employer, I hope the following is not news to you. Pursuant to SB 553, most employers in California are required to put in place an effective Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (“WVPP”) by July 1, 2024. SB 553 added section 6401.9 to the California Labor Code to address the requirements for a compliant WVPP.
Section 6401.9(c) provides that the WVPP shall be in writing and shall be available and easily accessible to employees, their authorized employee representatives, and the Division of Occupational Safety & Health [“DOSH”] (aka “CalOSHA”). Subsection 64 ..read more
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3w ago
On March 1, 2024, a lower Alabama federal court held that the Corporate Transparency Act, which requires certain businesses to file a BOI Report with FinCEN that includes information about their beneficial owners, is unconstitutional. Importantly, this ruling DOES NOT affect the legal obligation of entities formed in California, Nevada, or Delaware (among other states) to file their BOI Report within the timeframes specified below at this time. We are monitoring the development of this and similar court actions across the nation and will continue to provide information about them to tho ..read more
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3w ago
There are a number of statutes in California that grant eligible employees the right to take a leave of absence for various reasons. SB848 creates a new leave of absence entitlement under CA law regarding reproductive loss. Lizbeth “Beth” West and Shauna Correia review this new protected leave in this episode of California Employment News.
Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel or listen to this podcast episode here ..read more
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3w ago
UPDATED 3/04/2024
On March 1, 2024, a lower Alabama federal court held that the Corporate Transparency Act, which requires certain businesses to file a BOI Report with FinCEN that includes information about their beneficial owners, is unconstitutional. Importantly, this ruling DOES NOT affect the legal obligation of entities formed in California, Nevada, or Delaware (among other states) to file their BOI Report within the timeframes specified in the chart below at this time. We are monitoring the development of this and similar court actions across the nation and will continue ..read more
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1M ago
In December 2023, the California Civil Rights Department (“CRD”) filed the first-of-its-kind lawsuit under the California Fair Chance Act (“Act”) against Ralphs Grocery Store (“Ralphs”) in the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Background Re: the Act.
The Act (sometimes referred to as the “Ban the Box” law) went into effect in 2018 and aims to combat discrimination and ultimately enhance public safety by reducing undue barriers to employment for people who have been previously involved in the criminal legal system. In passing the Act, the Legislature recognized that “employment is essential to ..read more
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1M ago
New laws in 2024 expand workplace protections for employees regarding their current and past cannabis use. Nikki Mahmoudi and Tomiwa Aina review these changes, previewed in our 2024 Employment Law Update seminars, in this episode of California Employment News.
Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel or listen to this podcast episode here ..read more
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1M ago
California law requires private employers with 100 or more employees and/or 100 or more workers hired through labor contractors to annually report pay, demographic, and other workforce data to the Civil Rights Department (CRD). This year, the pay data reporting portal opened on February 1, 2024, and employers have until May 8, 2024 to submit their annual reports. To aid employers, the CRD released updated FAQs as well as new versions of the pay data reporting Excel templates, a user guide, and training slides. The FAQS are available here.
It is important for employers to comply with their repo ..read more
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2M ago
The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), a new federal filing requirement for many business entities, became effective on January 1, 2024. The CTA was enacted as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to provide Federal and State enforcement agencies with more comprehensive information about small and shell companies to help control money laundering and terrorist financing activities. The database of information provided by the CTA Reports will not be available to the general public but will be accessible by Federal and most states’ criminal and financial law enforcement age ..read more