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Teleworking with Hourly Employees: A Few Simple Tips
April 21, 2020 • Adam L. Parry
Category: Legal Updates
It’s easy to lose track of time when you work from home and forget to change out of your work sweatpants and into your relaxing sweatpants at the end of the day. But while teleworking eschews much of the formality of the workplace, it remains critically important that employers don’t lose track of hourly employees’ time. Employers are still ultimately responsible for ensuring compliance with wage and hour laws. Keep these tips in mind if you have hourly employees working from home.
City of LA issues rules and regulations further clarifying supplemental paid sick leave for large employers.
City of Los Angeles Mandates Masks for Employees and Customers
April 13, 2020
Category: Legal Updates
Mayor Garcetti has issued an executive order requiring customers at grocery stores and other essential businesses to wear face coverings.
City of Los Angeles Expands COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
April 10, 2020
Category: Legal Updates
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued a Public Order on April 7, 2020, mandating supplemental paid sick leave requirements for large employers within Los Angeles and nationwide. This Order expands on the previous ordinance passed by City Council providing supplemental paid sick leave to employers with 500 or more employees nationwide. Please see our previous article for more information on the City Council ordinance.
COVID-19 and the ADA and Rehabilitation Act
April 2, 2020 • Shirley A. Gauvin
Category: Legal Updates
Life has changed in ways most of us could never have imagined. Our homes have become our safe havens more than ever before, and our workplaces have spilled over into our home offices, kitchen tables, and family rooms. As we settle into our new normal, we find ourselves connecting to family, friends, and colleagues through Zoom meetings, livestream services, and quarantini virtual happy hours. Without a vaccine, the spread of COVID-19 is a concern that will not quickly disappear. Maintaining a healthy and productive workplace for employees will continue to be a top priority long after the days of walking from the bedroom to the home office have passed.
City of Los Angeles Requires Employers with 500+ Employees to Provide Up to 80 Hours of Paid Sick Leave
March 30, 2020 • Diana Lerma
Category: Legal Updates
The City of Los Angeles passed an ordinance on March 27, 2020, requiring employers with more than 500 employees to provide up to 80 hours of Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (“PSL”) to employees. This Supplemental PSL is in addition to the 48 hours of PSL already required by the City.
The Department of Labor Issues Critical New Guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
March 27, 2020 • Christina Tantoy
Category: Legal Updates
The DOL has issued new guidance and clarified that employees who do not have work available to them (e.g., as a result of a furlough or business closure) will not be eligible for benefits under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
With the amount of confirmed COVID-19 cases exponentially rising, the federal government has passed the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (FFCRA or Act) to help during the crisis. The bill, which passed with broad bipartisan support, includes a division providing for emergency paid sick leave.
CA Gov. Executive Order Relaxes WARN Notice Requirements for COVID-19
March 20, 2020 • Adam L. Parry
Category: Legal Updates
In the wake of business slowdowns and shutdowns as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers face a dilemma when forced to furlough or layoff workers. The Federal and California WARN Acts require 60 days’ notice before laying off employees, subject to certain thresholds. This presents an untenable situation for employers forced to shut down, where they are essentially forced to violate the notice requirement because they cannot continue employing people.
Now Accepting Tips: DOL Proposed Rule on “Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act”
March 16, 2020
Category: Legal Updates
On October 8, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled “Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act.” The NPRM seeks to implement and refine the changes on tip pooling made by the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) OF 2018. Most notably, it eliminates the 80/20 rule used to determine if an employer may incorporate an employee’s tips as part of their wages when the employee engages in both tipped and non-tipped duties. If adopted, the NPRM would greatly impact the hospitality industry by expanding the variety of employees who are permitted to participate in a tip pool.