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California Updates Employee Masking Requirements
On February 28, 2022, California’s Department of Public Health (CDPH) lifted the provision that requires unvaccinated employees to wear masks indoors. Governor Newsom has also amended the Cal/OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS), eliminating masking rules relating...
Delayed Background Checks and What You Can Do About It
Recent case law has impacted California's turnaround time for criminal background checks. The California Supreme Court of Appeals ruled in All of Us or None v. Hamrick that the privacy interests of individuals involved in criminal proceedings should be protected. This...
New OSHA Penalties Put Pressure on Employers
On January 15, 2022, new penalties went into effect for employers regulated by the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The increases come from the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 2015 that adjusts government fines for...
California COVID-19 Supplemental Sick Leave Renewed by Gavin Newsom (Senate Bill 114)
California Governor Gavin Newsom renewed COVID-19 supplemental sick leave on February 9, 2022. However, there are significant changes between the new bill, Senate Bill 114, and the previous bill, SB 95, which expired September 30, 2021. Employers will not be able to...
Top 10 HR Mistakes Companies Make and How You Can Avoid Them
The Human Resources department is critical to all businesses. As the department sitting at the intersection of employee safety, training, morale, and compliance, HR functions have increased in importance and scope. Unfortunately, many companies may not realize their...
Cal/OSHA Adopts New Emergency Temporary Standards for 2022
On December 16th 2021, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board adopted yet another version of COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). The revised standards become effective January 14th, 2022. While some of the existing provisions will remain in effect, there are new...
Federal Court Vacates Stay on OSHA Vaccine Mandate
Six weeks after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals placed a temporary hold on the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring mandated COVID vaccination or testing for employers with 100 or more employees, a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of...
What California Employers Should Know About Disability Claim Fraud
On Tuesday, the State of California Employment Development Department (EDD) announced that they have found evidence of organized criminal elements filing false disability insurance claims. In response, the EDD has updated their Help Fight Fraud page to include new...
New California Employment and Safety Laws Effective January 1, 2022
At the end of the 2020-2021 legislative session, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a number of new bills into law. Many of those bills revisited issues such as workplace safety, leaves of absence, harassment protections and some bring new legal ramifications...
