Legal Updates

Temporary reinstatement of California mask mandate for all public settings.

The CDPH now recommends that even fully vaccinated individuals in California wear masks while indoors in public settings. This is consistent with the new CDC guidance.

The CDC announced yesterday that it is once again advising vaccinated individuals to wear masks indoors.  Previously, CDC guidance provided that unvaccinated individuals did not need to worry about face

Recent changes to the law regarding penalties for meal and rest break violations, as well as the federal government’s policies on Form I-9 verification, will have important consequences for California employers. Los Angeles County also has a new public health order going into effect over the weekend.

A new California law requires certain human resources professionals and supervisors to make formal reports of suspected child abuse to the relevant authorities. The California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting

Cal/OSHA has approved new rules for COVID safety in the workplace. Governor Newsom signed an executive order providing that the new rules will take effect immediately. Vaccinated employees no longer

In a surprising turn of events, Cal/OSHA voted last night in a special meeting to withdraw the changes to workplace COVID rules that it approved just last week.  The rule

Last week, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) voted to revise the “emergency temporary standards” concerning COVID-19 prevention in the workplace.  The new standards will go into

Last week, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 80 (AB 80) into law.  The new law, effective immediately, concerns the state tax treatment of expenses paid with proceeds of forgiven Paycheck