March 18, 2020
Calif. Governor Eases 60-Day Cal-WARN Notice Requirement For Plant Closings and Layoffs
California employers have been struggling with the potential impact of the state and federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) on their organizations during the coronavirus pandemic. WARN provides…
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Reducing Employee Hours – What You Need To Know
The entire country shuddered when Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced yesterday that unemployment in the U.S. could explode from all-time lows around 3% to around 20% — highs unseen since…
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The coronavirus pandemic had led employers around the country to move employees to remote work, where that is possible. In the highly regulated California workplace, that trend raises a number…
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** 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…
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In a decision issued Thursday, March 12, 2020, the California Supreme Court ruled that individual settlement of claims for violations of California’s Labor Code does not preclude an employee from…
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