April, 2020

April 22, 2020 The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Updated Guide for Employers

Since the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) was signed into law on March 18, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) has issued multiple rounds of guidance, a temporary rule and a final rule interpreting the new law and defining empl...

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April 22, 2020 Governor Newsom Announces Paid Sick Leave For Food Service Workers

Last week, on April 16, 2020, Governor Newsom issued an Executive Order which provides up to two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave to certain food sector workers for specified COVID-19-related purposes. Details of the Order, which became effec...

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April 20, 2020 San Francisco and San Jose Pass Emergency Paid Sick Leave Laws

San Francisco Enacts Emergency Ordinance Requiring Large Employers To Provide Paid Sick Leave to Employees Who Cannot Work Due to COVID-19San Francisco is one of several California localities that, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, required employe...

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April 11, 2020 The CARES Act: Three New Unemployment Programs for California Employees

The new CARES Act creates three new unemployment programs: Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (“PUC”), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (“PUA”), and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (“PEUC”). Each of these programs provides different c...

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April 8, 2020 Los Angeles Issues Emergency Order Requiring Large Employers To Provide Supplemental Paid Sick Leave to Employees Who Cannot Work Due to COVID-19

On Tuesday night, the Mayor for the City of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, signed into law an emergency public order (“Order”) requiring employers with either (i) 500 or more employees in the City of Los Angeles, or (ii) 2,000 or more employees natio...

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April 8, 2020 California Court of Appeals Sheds Light on Unlimited Vacation Policies

On April 1, 2020, the California Court of Appeal issued a published decision in McPherson v. EF Intercultural Foundation, Inc., addressing for the first time whether an employer’s unlimited vacation policy, which is sometimes called an “honor syst...

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April 7, 2020 The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Summary Of The New Law, Implementing Regulations & Interpretive Guidance To Date

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) took effect on April 1, 2020. Since the FFCRA was signed into law on March 18, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) has issued several rounds of guidance, a temporary rule and a final rule int...

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