Category Archives: Firm E-Alerts

COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards: What Do Employers Need to Know? Recognizing that the COVID-19 pandemic will not be leaving us soon, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board recently proposed changes to the California Code of Regulations to address COVID-19 prevention measures for the workplace. The Board’s Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”) were adopted by […]

Is It 2021 Yet? Not Quite, But New 2021 California Laws Are Here! 2020 has been quite the year, but not the type of year any of us had in mind back on January 1.  Sports, schools, theatre movies, and dining inside restaurants all were replaced by a “new normal” of remote work from home, […]

Santa Clara County Enters New Phase to Contain the Coronavirus as Health Officer Issues Updated Order As COVID-19 numbers continue to climb, the Santa Clara County Health Officer has taken steps to balance efforts to contain the virus while recognizing that many local businesses have been unable to operate for months, by issuing a new […]

It’s Off to the Races: The Employment Law Landscape Continues to Evolve As Employers Sprint to Rebuild and Reopen Businesses In the Shadow of COVID-19 As states begin to move away from Shelter in Place orders and employers are permitted to reopen and rebuild their businesses, plaintiffs’ lawyers, unsurprisingly, have wasted no time in racing […]

Department of Labor Issues First Guidance on Implementation of Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Updates to CDC Guidance for Employers March 24, 2020 Today, March 24, 2020, the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor issued its first guidance to help employers and employees understand the new emergency paid sick […]

Families First Act Employer Paid Leave Benefits:  The IRS, DOL, Treasury Plan For Implementing Tax Credits March 23, 2020   As the April 2, 2020, effective date of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“Families First Act” or the “Act”) draws near, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”), Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and Department of Labor […]

Californians to Shelter in Place: But Critical Infrastructure Businesses to Continue March 20, 2020 In a bold and historic move, California has become the first state in the nation to issue a “stay at home” order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, on the evening of March 19, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive […]