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WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION: OLD DEFINITION NEW MEANING

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is America’s foremost protection against employment discrimination (also known as “Title VII”). Yet, for more than five decades, courts have applied this law to preserve s...

SOCIETY’S HIGH WIRE ACT WEEK ELEVEN

June 14, 2020

SUMMER PANDEMIC PAY

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provides emergency paid sick leave and additional paid family leave for a worker who must care for his/her child due to COVID-19-related school or ...

FAITH AND THE PANDEMIC

Setting aside the vital importance of people’s spiritual ties in times of need, California (echo’ing the feds) had regarded churches “non-essential” from the March 19 start of its safer-at-home orders...

IN THE KNOW

If California has been able to flatten the COVID-19 curve over the past two months, it has been by a sustained flood (pandemic?) of government directives and orders. Over the past week alone, the Stat...

COVID-19, I PRESUME

California employers must carry workers’ compensation insurance for on-the-job injuries and job-related illnesses.

CABIN FEVER IN A PANDEMIC

May 4, 2020

“SAFER AT HOME”

May 1, 2020

OUR NEW NORMAL WEEK SEVEN

We are entering week seven fromGovernor Newson’s March 18 orderrequiring all California residents to stay at home or place of residence until further notice. Businesses and functions deemed essential to16 federally-designated “critical infrastructure” sectorsare excepted. The state is regularly updating “COVID Response – Stay Home Except for Essential Needs FAQs” for further guidance.