California Approves COVID-19 Sick Pay for Employees
AB 84/SB 114 - COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL)
California lawmakers passed legislation to reinstate COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave, providing most California employees with up to two weeks of sick pay if an employee or family member tests positive for COVID-19.
“As the Omicron...
Ventura County Mask Mandate – Update
Updated October 19, 2021
The Ventura County Public Health Officer has extended its indoor mandatory mask mandate, for both the vaccinated and unvaccinated. County officials are concerned about the increased transmission of COVID-19, specifically among the unvaccinated. The mandate requires all persons to wear a face covering indoors, including...
Annual Employment Law Update, 2021 – Webinar
The emergence of COVID-19 has changed the world as we once knew it; therefore, it should come as no surprise that the virus would impact employment law as well. California’s ever-changing employment laws will have employers scrambling to keep up in 2021! What are the reporting requirements if someone is exposed to...
Annual Employment Law Update, 2021 – Webinar
The emergence of COVID-19 has changed the world as we once knew it; therefore, it should come as no surprise that the virus would impact employment law as well. California’s ever-changing employment laws will have employers scrambling to keep up in 2021!
What are the reporting requirements if...
Ventura County Employment Law Attorney, Ted Schneider, Comments on the New Federal Overtime Rules Issued May 18, 2016 under the Fair Labor Standards Act
New Bill Poses Limitations and Unnecessary Expenditures
By: Roy Schneider, Esq.
Early this year, an act to amend Section 4925 of the Civil Code, relating to common interest developments was introduced by assembly member, Don Wagner. The proposed bill will allow any community association member’s attorney to attend all association board meetings which the member may...
Employer Client Alert – New Heat Illness Prevention Regulations Effective May 1, 2015
The California Department of Industrial Relations, in conjunction with Cal/OSHA, announced amendments to the current heat illness prevention regulations. The new law became effective May 1, 2015. According to the DIR, the new heat illness prevention requirements offer additional safeguards for outdoor workers. Revisions to the heat illness prevention regulation include the following:...
Client Alert – AB 2755 Signed Into Law Prohibiting “Non-Voting Directors” on Non-Profit Boards
Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2755, which amends Corporations Code Section 5047, to make it clear that a person is only a director as defined in the statute if that person has the right to vote as a member of the governing body and that a person who is a director by virtue...
California Law Now Provides New Protections for Employees of Temp Agencies and Labor Contractors
Governor Brown recently signed into legislation AB 1897. With this new law, California will have some of the country's most comprehensive protections for temporary workers. The new law is designed to protect workers, including factory assemblers, hotel maids, warehouse workers, farm laborers, janitors, and food processors who often work for years at the...
Starting July 1, 2015, Employees Are Entitled to Paid Sick Leave
Last week, the Governor signed into law AB 1522: The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014.
Existing law authorizes, but does not require, employers to provide their employees paid sick leave. This bill enacts the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 to provide that an employee who, on or after...