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THEIR DAY IN COURT

Narrowing the power of business to keep workplace disputes out of court, the newly enacted federal "Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021" enables employees to disregard otherwise mandatory arbitration and have judges and juries decide such claims.

CAUTIONARY TALE EPISODE 51 FORMER WORKERS GET FIRST SHOT

Some businesses are rebuilding after their Covid-19 contraction.Labor Code 2810.8requires those in certain industries - hotels or private clubs with 50 or more rooms, event centers, airport hospitality operations and service providers, and companies providing building services, including security, to office, retail, or other commercial buildings - to offer available positions to qualified former, laid-off workers. SeeComeback Trail: Hotels, Security Services and Others Must Offer Openings to P

CAUTIONARY TALE EPISODE 50 DO SOMETHING

Not every employer understands it can be liable for sexual harassment regardless of whether a manager, employee, independent contractor, or even a customer is the offender.

CAUTIONARY TALE EPISODE 49 MOM DISCRIMINATION

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces federal laws prohibiting sex and race-based discrimination.

FIND OUT WHAT'S NEW IN 2022 PAID COVID SICK-LEAVE EXPANDED

EffectiveFebruary 19, 2022,California Labor Code 248.6's revived 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law (SPSL) requires employers with 26 or more on payroll to provide eligible CA employees with as many as 80 hours of paid benefits retroactively from January 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022.

HANDS OFF

A California appellate court has confirmed -- inEspinoza v. Hepta Run, Inc.-- that California meal and rest breaks do not apply toshort-haul, property-carrying truck drivers in interstate commerce.

WHAT'S NEW IN 2022 IN THE KNOW

California and the federal government require employers to distribute or post a legion of notices on workplace laws and complaint procedures.

SHORTCHANGED SHORTCUT

The California Labor Commissioner haslaunchedanonline wage claim applicationin English and Spanish.

WHAT'S NEW IN 2022 TARGETING PRODUCTION TARGETS, WAVE OF THE FUTURE?

As a possible first step toward such limitations across other California industries,Assembly Bill (AB) 701places specific conditions on warehouse distribution center imposition of worker production quotas, effective January 1, 2022.