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Reducing risk is one of a small business owner’s primary goals. This requires them to be familiar with many legal rules and guidelines – especially when it comes to employment. And some of the most important issues employers must understand are their duties under the...
Happy New Year! We at Duggan McHugh Law Corporation (DMLC) want to wish you a happy and healthy 2021, and best wishes for a great and profitable year ahead. As 2020 comes to an end, employers will need to be aware of the changing employment laws that will be in effect...
New Cal/OSHA Emergency Covid-19 Workplace Rules Take Effect Cal/OSHA has unanimously passed “Emergency COVID-19 Prevention Regulations,” which provide strict worker protections and serious obligations for California employers. The regulations, approved by the...
Proposition 22 passed with nearly 60% of the vote Tuesday, after a fierce battle over the status of gig economy workers like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash drivers. Proposition 22 exempts these workers from Assembly Bill 5, California’s 2019 law that adopted the “ABC test”...
An employee handbook is a document that communicates your company's mission, policies and expectations. Employers give this to employees to clarify their rights and responsibilities while they're employed with the company. Beyond their value in running an...
A recent unanimous employment discrimination case out of the U.S. Supreme Court has important takeaways for California employers. Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis decides an unsettled legal question about Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the main federal...
As part of his budget proposals in January, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced support for a change in state law that would allow new parents to take six months of parental leave while receiving partial wage replacement. Families could allocate the time to one...
In light of the #MeToo movement, office romances may seem like they are quickly becoming a thing of the past. But even if the number of people in workplace relationships is gradually decreasing, it is still far too high for employers to ignore. At the end of last...
The year 2017 has been one in which employers have had to come to terms with new state requirements for rest breaks for certain on-call workers. At the end of last year, the California Supreme Court decided in ABM Security Services, Inc. that employers need to take...
In California, a wide range of employment issues may be addressed through an employment contract between the company and its workers. According to Chron.com, a primary advantage is the identifying of an employee's responsibilities and specific job duties. When...
