Katharine Weber discusses best practices for minimizing risk in the trucking industry during the COVID-19 pandemic in “How HR Needs to Approach COVID-19,” published by Truckinginfo.com.
Archives for October 26, 2020
Joseph Lazzarotti, Jason Gavejian and Maya Atrakchi Co-Author “California Extends CCPA Employee Personal Information Exemption”
Joseph Lazzarotti, Jason Gavejian and Maya Atrakchi co-author “California Extends CCPA Employee Personal Information Exemption,” published by SHRM.
Michael Bertoncini Discusses Healthcare Worker Accommodations
Michael Bertoncini discusses measures taken by healthcare institutions to accommodate increased risk facing employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic in “Health Care, Tech Workers Feel the Stress of Pandemic,” published by SHRM.
California Appellate Court Affirms Preliminary Injunction Requiring Uber and Lyft to Reclassify California Drivers as Employees
On October 22, 2020, a California appellate court affirmed a preliminary injunction requiring Uber and Lyft to reclassify California drivers from independent contractors to employees and to comply with the California Labor Code, the Unemployment Insurance Code, and the Industrial Welfare Commission wage orders, as requested by California State Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the City Attorneys of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. (A further discussion of that original August 10, 2020 San Francisco Superior Court’s original 33-page decision can be found here.)