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01 Mar Employers May Not Round Time for Meal Periods Under California Law

Posted at 07:00h in Employment Law

On February 25, 2021, the California Supreme Court in Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC, addressed two questions relating to meal period claims brought as a class action under California law: whether an employer may properly round time punches for meal periods, and whether time records...

17 Feb Employer Reimbursement Policies Must Reimburse Employees for Expenses Incurred

Posted at 11:44h in Employment Law

On February 8, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that alleged “reimbursement payments” an employer made to its employees were really “wages,” and accordingly, such amounts had to be factored into the employees’ “regular rate of pay” for purposes...

21 Sep AB 685 Requires Employers to Give Prompt Notice of Potential Exposure to COVID-19

Posted at 09:25h in Employment Law

On September 17, 2020, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 685 into law. The new law requires an employer that “receives a notice of potential exposure to COVID-19” to provide a written notice within one business day to all its employees, any union representing its employees,...

09 Sep An Employer’s Obligation to Track Time Worked by Remote Employees

Posted at 11:13h in Employment Law

The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor recently issued Field Assistance Bulletin 2020-5 to address the obligations of employers under the Fair Labor Standards Act to track the number of hours worked by employees who are working from remote locations....

21 Jul NLRB Affords Employers Greater Leeway in Addressing Abusive Conduct By Employees

Posted at 14:46h in Labor Law

On July 21, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board in General Motors LLC, established a new standard for determining whether employees have been lawfully disciplined or discharged when making abusive or offensive statements, including profane, racist, and sexually unacceptable remarks, while also engaged in protected...

19 Jun PAGA Action Seeking Only Civil Penalties Will Not Be Compelled to Arbitration

Posted at 14:28h in Uncategorized

On June 19, 2020, the Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District in Olabi v. Neutron Holdings, Inc. affirmed a trial court’s order denying an employer’s petition to compel arbitration of a lawsuit alleging that the plaintiff and other workers had been misclassified as...

16 Jun Federal Law Prohibits Discrimination Based on Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Status

Posted at 08:31h in Employment Law

On June 15, 2020, the U. S. Supreme Court in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia held that an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Court explained that because discrimination...

02 Jun NLRB Revised Election Rules Blocked by District Court

Posted at 12:25h in Labor Law

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has blocked the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from implementing five provisions of the rule changes it announced in December 2019. On June 1, 2020, the NLRB published a news release stating that "it will...

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