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Effective January 1, 2020, Assembly Bill 51 will prohibit employers from requiring employees to waive forum or procedure rights under the Fair Employment and Housing Act or the Labor Code in favor of arbitration as a condition of employment,...By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

On August 30, 2019, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 1804, which requires employers to immediately report any serious occupational illness, injury or death to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, by telephone or by an online...By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

On September 18, 2019, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5, thereby establishing a law that purports to prevent the misclassification of employees as independent contractors and provide “basic rights and protections they deserve under the law,...By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

On August 30, 2019, Governor Newsom signed into law SB 778, which delays by one year the new harassment training requirement imposed by last year’s SB 1343.  As a result, employers with five or more employees or independent contractors will have...By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

What happens when legislative efforts are met with focused pressure from a variety of industries, civic groups and professional lobbyists? Witness pending Assembly Bill 5, a hopelessly confusing mixture rules and exceptions to rules which layers test...By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Krista Townley was a server at BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. As a server, Townley was required to wear black, slip-resistant close-toed shoes pursuant to company policy.  Townley purchased a pair of canvas shoes that complied with the policy.  She was not...By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Beginning as early as June 30, 2020, California employers with 5 or more California-based employees not already offering an employer-sponsored retirement plan will have to begin offering a retirement savings program, either through the private market...By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

As we collect the legal developments that every employer will need to know for 2020, we wanted to provide a recap of the most important employment law changes that took place for 2019.  In Part I of this article we examined key federal and state...By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Employers with at least 100 employees, and federal contractors with contract of at least $50,000 and 50 or more employees, are well aware of the EEO-1 report requirement. EEO-1 reports are due on March 31 of each year and include data on employee...By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

The California Legislature is currently working on new laws that will go into effect next year.  Indeed, Governor Newsom has already begun to sign some legislation into law (see, for example, the CROWN Act)....By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP