Tourist hotels in San Francisco must soon comply with an ordinance that establishes cleaning and disease prevention standards and practices to help contain COVID-19.
California voters will decide on several important propositions in the upcoming election, including three employment law issues that could have far-ranging implications for employers.
Employers will have to revise their COVID-19-related safety policies and practices to meet new guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on what it means to be in “close contact” with an infected person.
Start preparing now for 2021! The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has announced the 2021 rates changes for the computer software employee exemption and the licensed physician and surgeon exemption. These new rates take effect on January 1, 2021. […]
The holiday hiring season has begun, but initial signs indicate it will be very different from years past. In-store hiring is down as more roles have shifted to logistics, e-commerce and novel positions related to the coronavirus. Perhaps more surprising, […]
Employers must keep many legal requirements—state as well as federal—in mind when hiring, which can make staying compliant a challenge. Here are 19 hiring traps deserving HR’s attention.
Leading-edge employers are supporting employees with cancer by partnering with cancer centers that provide care-navigation services and putting in place workplace accommodations to help patients return to work sooner.
Did you receive a California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) violation notice from the California Attorney General? If so, you are among the first recipients of enforcement notices about California’s new privacy law. And because this law has never been enforced before, […]
Tough times are an opportunity not to abandon the 401(k) match but to reinvent it. For companies struggling to pay their match, there are ways to reduce costs while motivating workers to save. And for companies not planning suspensions or […]
