Responding to Religious Objections to Vaccine Requirements
September 21, 2021Perhaps I should not have been surprised that my clients who have mandated COVID-19 vaccines have seen far more objections to their mandates based on religious grounds than…
Read MoreCal/OSHA Standards Board Readopts COVID-19 ETS
June 17, 2021Bryan Little, Farm Employers Labor Service June 17, 2021 On June 17, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board voted to readopt a revised COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)…
Read MoreFELS Group Legal Services Plan
May 12, 2021Farm Employers Labor Service subscribers can get legal assistance from California's leading labor- and employment-law firm under the FELS Group Legal Services Plan. FELS,…
Read MoreDFEH/EEOC Compliance News & Resources
April 9, 2021April 9, 2021: On March 29, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that qualifying employers (see qualification criteria below) will be required to…
Read MoreUSDOL Announces Ag Enforcement Initiative
April 9, 2021The U.S. Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division announced on March 25 a “nationwide education, outreach, and enforcement initiative to ensure workplace protections”…
Read MoreCalifornia UI Taxes to Rise Soon?
April 9, 2021Massive unemployment insurance payments (and fraud) have caused California’s Unemployment Trust Fund debt to the federal government to skyrocket. As of April…
Read MoreCalifornia 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
February 4, 2021As we previously announced, California is reintroducing COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave in 2022 (“2022 SPSL”). The proposed Assembly Bill (“AB 84”) was…
Read MoreDept. of Fair Employment & Housing (DFEH) Furnishes Guidance on SB 973 Compliance
January 15, 2021The California Legislature passed SB 973 (Jackson) in 2020, becoming effective on January 1, 2021. The bill imposed new pay reporting on some larger employers, including…
Read MoreFFCRA Leave Mandate Expired 12/31/20
January 15, 2021In March 2020, Congress passed and President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. FFCRA included mandates for up to 80 hours of emergency…
Read MoreUPDATE: Cal/OSHA’s New Emergency Standard on COVID-19 Prevention
December 2, 2020The California Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) Standards Board rolled out emergency temporary regulations on COVID-19 prevention governing employers and workplaces…
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