USDOL Tightens H-2A Program Rules
December 12, 2022Bryan Little, FELS Chief Operating Officer December 12, 2022 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in early October released a final re-write of regulations for the H-2A…
Read MoreThe Death of Rounding Practices May Be Around the Corner
November 1, 2022Seyfarth Synopsis: Neutral rounding policies have long been approved by the California courts. See’s Candy Shops, Inc. v. Superior Court (2012). However, the California…
Read MoreCalifornia Prohibits Employers from Retaliating Against Employees for Refusing to Work or Leaving Work During Emergency Conditions
October 28, 2022On September 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 1044, which prohibits employers from retaliating against an employee for refusing to report to work or…
Read MoreCalifornia Mandated Employer Bereavement Leave Policy
October 27, 2022On September 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1949 creating protected bereavement leave for employees. Existing Law Currently, under the California…
Read MoreUPDATED: DIR Conducting Review of FLC Exams
October 17, 2022UPDATE: On Saturday, October 15, DIR announced it will resume offering FLC licensing examinations, including examinations for licensed FLCs seeking license renewal and those…
Read MoreSB 1162: Increased Pay Data Transparency Means More Hoops for California Employers to Jump Through
October 7, 2022On Tuesday September 27, 2022, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1162 (“SB 1162”) which goes into effect January 1, 2023. SB 1162 was marketed as a civil rights…
Read MoreSCOTUS Denies Review of AB 5 Challenge
June 30, 2022On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition to review the applicability of California’s AB 5 “ABC” test to owner-operator trucking in California. The…
Read MoreFAA Preempts California Prohibition on PAGA Arbitration Waiver
June 17, 2022Employers finally get some relief from the PAGA claims ravaging California agriculture by way of a pivotal long-awaited opinion by the United States Supreme Court in Viking…
Read MoreDLSE Shifts FLC License Processing to Enhance Speed of Approvals and Renewals
March 28, 2022In an email of March 25 to California Farm Labor Contractor licensees, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement announced it is shifting its farm labor contractor…
Read MoreCOVID Supplemental Paid Sick Leave: Large v. Small Employer
February 24, 2022As employers adjust to the new COVID Supplemental Paid Sick Leave rules, we have received a lot of questions about how to calculate the number of employees to determine if…
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