New Compliance Requirements for 2017
New Compliance Requirements for 2017 Minimum Wage Changes: With the passing of Senate Bill 3 last year, Governor Brown approved an incremental increase to the State minimum wage to $15.00 per hour by 2022. Effective January 1, 2017, California employers with 26 or more employees will be required to pay employees a minimum wage of […]
White Collar Worker Exemption
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) today released the long-anticipated final rule updating the “white collar worker exemption” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The DOL began working on updated regulations in 2015, which will expand the availability of overtime pay to some previously considered exempt white collar workers. The final rule takes effect […]
Associational Disability Discrimination
The California State Court of Appeal reversed an employer’s motion for summary judgment, and is allowing a case for disability discrimination to proceed against an employer based on the employee’s need to accommodate his son’s daily dialysis (and not for the employee’s own illness). The employee sued after being terminated for refusing to work a […]
San Francisco Becomes First City to Mandate Paid Parental Leave
On Tuesday, April 5, 2016, San Francisco became the first city in the United States to pass legislation that will provide fully paid parental leave to new parents. The city’s Board of Supervisors unanimously passed the measure, and with the Mayor’s anticipated formal approval, it will go into effect on January 1, 2017. California currently […]
Photography, Audio & Recording in the Workplace
NLRB says Whole Foods Market violated federal law when it prohibited employees from recording conversations, phone calls, images, or company meetings with a camera or recording device without prior approval. Whole Foods claimed that its prohibitions against recording in the workplace were meant to encourage open communication and to eliminate a chilling effect on the […]