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By: California Employers Should Prepare For Upcoming Minimum Wage Changes
As California employers get ready for the slew of new employment regulations coming their way in 2023 (stay tuned for CDF’s annual employment update webinar in November 2022), CDF reminds employers that one definite change is California’s minimum wage increase.
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Jennifer Shaw spoke with Leah Shepherd of SHRM for her article regarding Uber’s agreement to pay $8.4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with California drivers who claimed they were misclassified as independent contractors, rather than employees.
Beginning in June 2022, California businesses with between 1 and 100 employees may qualify to receive grants of up to $2,000 for each employee who is off work for a reason covered by California’s Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) program. The intent of the PFL Small Business Grant program is to help small businesses offset some of the expenses they incur while complying with their PFL obligations.
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) has proposed a new rule for determining joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”).
Managing your high expectations can actually improve your team’s performance.
Friday is the last day for teachers laid off during recent school closures.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday threw its support behind a lawsuit by three graduate students accusing Harvard University of ignoring sexual harassment by a professor who they said threatened their academic careers if they reported him.
Traffic to restaurants fell 2% in the second quarter, but breakfast transactions were unchanged from a year ago, according to The NPD Group.
A care home facility is facing a federal lawsuit after a manager told a Black nurse she should “be used to” targeted racial slurs from patients because she is “from the South,” according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy isn’t looking to force the company’s workers back into the office anytime soon.
A Gallup survey suggests workers are increasingly bothered by a lack of clarity about expectations, fewer opportunities to grow and not feeling cared about.
When Marilyn Loden first used the phrase “glass ceiling” at a women’s business conference in 1978, she didn’t imagine it would become a familiar metaphor for the challenges to career advancement faced by women in the workforce.
Starbucks said Wednesday it will reinstate seven employees who were fired in February after leading an effort to unionize their Memphis store.
A half-dozen activists were wrapping up a 90-minute conversation Wednesday when Conner Erickson offered his tip to people trying to organize a union where they work.
August 24, 2022, marked a milestone for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Attorney General announced the first enforcement and settlement against beauty retailer Sephora.
Since July 2022, the California Attorney General’s (AG) office conducted an investigative sweep of online retailers to check compliance with the CCPA and
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