by Betsy Martyn on March 19, 2021
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Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Legislative Updates,
Governor Newson recently signed SB 95. The law is effective not only immediately but retroactively to January 1, 2021. As discussed more below, the law provides supplemental paid sick leave for all employees of an employer with 25 or more employees, with special rules for firefighters, when the employee is unable to work or telework if as a result of COVID-19.
Retroactivity
The law is in effect retroactively to January 1, 2021, and through September 30, 2021.
Notice must be provided by posting the attached notice or emailing it to those employees who are not present at the workplace. The notice ... Continue Reading
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COVID-19, Labor Commissioner, SB 95,
by Derek P. Cole on April 7, 2020
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Landlord-Tenant, Uncategorised,
As we explained in a previous post, the Governor very recently issued an executive order that limited landlords’ abilities to evict tenants during the COVID-19 public-health emergency. Yesterday, the Judicial Council—the agency with oversight of California courts—enacted several emergency rules affecting a wide variety of courtroom procedures. One of these rules addresses “unlawful detainer,” or eviction, proceedings. As many cities have enacted their own emergency eviction measures, and other cities are considering doing the same, this latest development is important to note.
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COVID-19, Evictions, Unlawful Detainer,
by Derek P. Cole on March 27, 2020
posted in
Landlord-Tenant,
This afternoon, Governor Newsom issued an executive order imposing a moratorium on residential evictions through May 31, 2020. The order was issued to protect residential tenants from evictions while stay-at-home (or “shelter in place”) orders are in place due to the COVID-19 public-health emergency.
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COVID-19, Evictions, Executive Order, Moratorium,
by David G. Ritchie on March 25, 2020
posted in
Employee Benefits, Family and Medical Leave, Legislative Updates,
Congress Approved H.R. 6201, the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (FFCRA) with new requirements for employers with fewer than 500 employees and public employers. The text of the law may be found here.
The Act requires certain employers to provide FFCRA paid sick leave, and also to extend family medical leave act benefits, in certain circumstances; and employers are able to retain an amount equal to the qualifying sick leave and child-care leave that they pay from payroll taxes. The Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division is responsible for the administration and enforcement ... Continue Reading
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COVID-19, Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act, Families First Coronavirus Response Act,
by Derek P. Cole on March 22, 2020
posted in
Claims Act,
Yesterday, the Governor issued another in a series of executive orders in light of the COVID-19 emergency. We provide a separate update concerning that order’s suspension of portions of the Brown Act. In this blog post, we note that this latest executive order also extended the time for filing or responding to any claim (often referred to as a “tort claim”) under the Claims Act.
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Claims Act, COVID-19, Executive Order,
