Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
On July 24, 2020, California released the Employer Playbook for a Safe Reopening. The Employer Playbook provides detailed information for employers in an easy-to-read checklist format.
Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
In the past few months, federal, state, and local governments have rapidly and constantly proliferated laws, orders, and guidance for conducting business in light of COVID-19. Unless a business has personnel dedicated to monitoring the ever-changing legal requirements related to the pandemic, it can be terribly confusing and difficult to keep track of this morass of information. The purpose of this article is to identify the California guidance, federal laws and federal agency guidance, and local orders, ordinances, and local public health agency guidance, applicable to businesses and to explain the relationship between them.
Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
This promises to be the year that requires businesses to be highly adaptable in meeting staffing needs while supporting employees with school-age children. In today’s press conference, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced schools in counties on the County Data Monitoring list may not physically reopen school campuses for in-person instruction this coming fall until certain criteria are met. This mandate is applicable to private and public schools.
Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered the closure of certain indoor businesses across the entire state of California. He has also placed additional restrictions on 30 counties, including Orange, Los Angeles, and San Diego. The strict shutdowns are being put into place as a response to a surge of COVID-19 cases within the state.
Legal Alert, Business Litigation
2020 | Legal Alert, Business Litigation
In 2015 Congress excluded robocalls to collect government debts from regulation. In Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, the Supreme Court deemed that exception unconstitutional because it favored certain types of speech.
Case Summary, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Case Summary, Labor and Employment Law
This month's key employment law cases involve discrimination, wage and mileage reimbursement, and more.
Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, 591 U.S. ___, 2020 WL 3808420 (2020) (“Morrissey-Berru”), the United States Supreme Court provided further guidance on the application of the “ministerial exception,” which provides religious organizations with a defense against generally applicable employment laws in the selection or retention of employees who perform certain tasks involving preaching, teaching, and counseling.
Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
In David v. Queen of the Valley Medical Center (QVMC), 2020 WL 3529683 (certified for publication Cal. Ct. App. June 30, 2020), the employer’s legally compliant policies were crucial in getting the California Court of Appeal to dismiss a case before trial.
Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
2020 | Legal Alert, Labor and Employment Law
Los Angeles County has been the epicenter of COVID-19 in California, and it is only getting worse. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LA Department of Public Health) recently announced that daily hospitalizations have been significantly higher than in past weeks. Accordingly, LA County released new and updated guidance to help stop the spread of COVID-19 within the workplace. The guidance includes more stringent employee screenings, requirements to report a cluster of confirmed COVID-19 cases, updates to LA County Reopening Protocols, and requirements that all employees who have regular contact with others wear a face covering or an alternative, regardless of medical conditions.
