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October 22 2024
Client Alert: New York’s Workplace Violence Prevention Law
New York retail employers are advised that on September 4, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (the “Act”). All retail employers must comply with the Act by March 3, 2025. Pursuant to the Act, retail employers must establish a workplace violence prevention policy, which must be provided to all employees upon hiring and on a yearly basis.
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October 15 2024
Client Alert: Upcoming Election Imposes Obligations on New York Employers
With the upcoming election on November 5, 2024 (“Election Day”), New York employers face obligations regarding employee voting rights. Employers must post the New York Time Off to Vote Notice (“Notice”), which can be found here, no less than ten (10) working days before the election.
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October 09 2024
Client Alert: Politics at Work: What California Employers Need to Know
With the election weeks away, unrest in the Middle East, and political protests, passions are running strong on all sides and will naturally invade the workplace. Employers should be prepared to deal with this intrusion.
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October 08 2024
Client Alert: California Employers Voting Leave and Notice Requirement
With the upcoming November 5, 2024 election, employers are reminded of California’s voting leave law.
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September 16 2024
Client Alert: Model Contract Provides Guidance for Compliance with City of Los Angeles’ Freelance Workers Protection Ordinance
The City of Los Angeles’ Freelance Workers Protection Ordinance (“FWPO”) Model Contract was recently issued. Use of the model contract is not required, but it serves as a useful helpful blueprint for those seeking to comply with their obligations under the FWPO.
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September 11 2024
Client Alert: New Restrictions On Use of Background Checks for Employers in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County’s Fair Chance Ordinance took effect on September 3, 2024, placing additional restrictions on the use of criminal background checks when hiring employees to work in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. As discussed in the alert below, the ordinance expands on the state-wide protections found in the Fair Chance Act, which took effect in 2018.
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August 30 2024
Client Alert: Federal Rule Limiting Tipped Employee Side Work Overturned
As hospitality employers are well aware, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has long promulgated the “80/20 Rule” providing that in order to take the tip credit from a tipped employee’s wages, the tipped employee must spend at least 80% of their workweek performing tip-producing duties and no more than 20% on non-tipped duties. Further, since December 2021, the DOL’s updated “80/20/30 Rule” has also restricted the performance of non-tip-producing and “directly supporting” duties (collectively “side work”) to 30 consecutive minutes and restricted the employer from taking a tip credit for time spent on side work for more than 30 consecutive minutes and in excess of 20% of the workweek.
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August 22 2024
Client Alert: California Reforms the Private Attorney General Act
California recently enacted legislation significantly reforming the state’s Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”), which permits individuals to pursue penalties for employer violations of the California Labor Code provisions on their own behalf and on behalf of other “aggrieved employees.”
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