FMLA/CFRA

Imagine this scenario: Your business finally gets the all-clear to reopen. You have developed a comprehensive and detailed return-to-work plan that includes extensive office health and safety measures. You email…

As California enters its third month of the stay-at-home order, the idea of having employees return to work still seems like a distant reality. However, as other states begin to…

Employers may now conduct mandatory COVID-19 screenings before allowing employees back into the workplace, according to new guidance issued on April 23, 2020 from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…

As a result of the pandemic, many employers have been forced to implement varying degrees of employee work reduction, including furloughs or cutbacks in hours. To keep businesses up and…

On Monday, April 27, San Francisco and five other Bay Area counties announced their decision to extend shelter-in-place orders through the end of May. While California has begun to flatten…

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced employers and employment lawyers to brush up on the basics of unemployment law, legal terrain that in the past was largely foreign to them. Pre-COVID-19,…

**UPDATE** These rules have been amended. See this post for latest updates. One of the most complicated factors for California employers dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic has been the patchwork…

California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) has issued a Guidance setting forth its view on COVID-19 related issues in the workplace. While the Guidance is not binding on…

On Wednesday night, March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law emergency legislation addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes provisions expanding leave and paid sick leave for…

** UPDATE 3/19/2020 ** Please see this post for an update on this legislation.   In the early morning hours of Saturday, March 14, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives…