Legal Update
California Repetitive Motion Injury Program
Date: July 26, 2021Category: Author:
California’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) requires covered employers to develop a program that is designed to minimize repetitive motion injuries (RMIs). The program applies to jobs, processes, and operations where RMIs have occurred to more than one employee under the following conditions: Work-related causation: RMIs are predominantly caused (greater than 50%) by a […]
Status of the Department Of Labor’s Independent Contractor Rule
Date: April 1, 2021Category: Author:
On March 11, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposal to rescind the independent contractor final rule. The final rule was published on Jan. 7, 2021 and is scheduled to become effective on May 7, 2021. The DOL’s position is that adopting the rule would significantly weaken worker protections under the Fair […]
California Sexual Harassment Prevention Training FAQs
Date: October 26, 2020Category: Author:
SB 1343 requires that all employers of 5 or more employees provide 1 hour of sexual harassment and abusive conduct prevention training to non-managerial employees and 2 hours of sexual harassment and abusive conduct prevention training to managerial employees once every two years. Existing law requires the training to include harassment based on gender identity, […]
Department of Labor Issues Guidance on Tracking Hours of Work for Remote Employees
Date: September 2, 2020Category: Author:
On Aug. 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2020-5 to remind employers of their obligation to accurately account for the number of hours their employees work away from the employer’s facilities. While the bulletin was issued in response to the high number of employees working remotely because of […]