California’s minimum wage is $15 an hour in 2022, but the law doesn’t apply to employers with less than 26 employees.
Archives for January 4, 2022
Starbucks to Require Vaccines or Weekly Testing for U.S. Workers
Starbucks will require its U.S. employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19 by Feb. 9 or submit to weekly testing, one of the first large restaurant chains to enact a vaccine mandate.
Does Your Cyber Insurance Policy Look More Like Health Insurance?
Over the past several years, if your organization experienced a cyberattack, such as ransomware or a diversion of funds due to a business email compromise (BEC), and you had cyber insurance, you likely were very thankful. However, if you are renewing that policy (or in the cyber insurance market for
U.S. Enacts Law Barring Products Made With Forced Labor in China
On December 23, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (the “Act”),1 which bars the importation into the United States of products made from forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China. This Act will significantly impact many multinational employers’ supply chains because raw
New Year, Same Old California Pay Data Reporting Requirements
After many delays, employers nationwide just filed their 2020 EEO-1 reports in November. But it’s already time for California employers to begin preparing their annual pay data submission to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). The Background In 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill
How Much for That Doggie in the Cubicle?
Q: I work in a small office in a hip urban West Coast city. I have a small team of four women who work under me, and my boss (older, white male) largely stays out of issues that are not strictly work related.
CDPH Updated COVID Guidance for New Year’s Response to Omicron Surge
By: CDPH Updated COVID Guidance for New Year’s Response to Omicron Surge
As the COVID-19 Omicron variant spreads rapidly, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) lowered the thresholds that define “Mega Events” effective January 15, 2022. “Outdoor Mega Events” will occur with 5,000 or more attendees, down from 10,000, and