Employment Law Information Network
All Things Labor and Employment Law
| Thu, Jan 27, 2022 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST |
Join Jen and Branden Butler, the DFEH’s Assistant Deputy Director of Education and Outreach, for an interactive discussion of SB 331, one of California’s new laws, and its impact on non-disparagement and related provisions.
In this episode, Jen and Erika Frank remind employers about the importance of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) training, a.k.a sexual harassment prevention training. Jen explains that EEO Compliance is not just about sex. Diversity, equity, inclusion (and belonging) are important topics to include when training employees about EEO compliance. Remember:
In this episode, Jen and Erika Frank talk about a new California law that requires employers to retain employee records for four years. Jen also discusses which personnel documents must be kept confidential and why.
The EEOC announced last week that its data collection portal for 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 report is tentatively set to pen on April 12, 2022, with a deadline for employers to file EEO-1 reports by May 17, 2022. Here’s a link to the EEOC’s announcement.
The California Department of Industrial Relations issued revised COVID-19 FAQs on January 6, 2022, to address the interplay of the new CDPH isolation and quarantine guidance and the Cal/OSHA ETS. (Thank you, DIR!).
In this episode, Jen and Erika Frank offer listeners a New Year’s Resolution – review and update employee job descriptions! Jen talks about why an updated job description is so important, especially now that job duties may have changed due to COVID-19.
Employers know they must confirm the identity and work authorization of each new hire by completing a Form I-9.
On December 30, 2021, the CDPH issued new guidance regarding isolation and quarantine related to COVID-19. A link to the new guidance is included below.
Jen Shaw is kicking off 2022 with something new – a weekly podcast called Workplace Wake-Up with Jen!
Welcome to “Workplace Wake-Up With Jen”! Tune in every Wednesday morning for cutting-edge information, commentary, and entertainment! She will bring the same energy and commitment to the podcast as she has to her 100+ episode webinar series, “Wake-Up Wednesday with Jen.” Listen and subscribe where you get your podcasts.
As you have probably read, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the OSHA ETS on January 7, 2022.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide early next month whether to stay the enforcement of OSHA’s ETS, pending the Court’s substantive decision on the regulation’s constitutionality. The ETS implements President Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for employers with 100 or more employees.
On December 16, 2021, the Cal/OSHA Standard Board voted to readopt and update the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”). The new ETS will take effect on January 14, 2022, and end 90 days later (although Governor Newsom’s executive order from December 16, 2021, allows an additional extension through December 31, 2022).
As you know, the CDPH issued new mask guidance earlier this week. The order, which was effective on December 15, 2021, requires masks indoors at public transit facilities such as airports, healthcare settings, adult and senior care facilities, schools, correctional facilities, homeless shelters, emergency shelters and cooling centers, movie theaters, retail stores, restaurants, family entertainment centers and government offices that serve the public.
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccinate-or-test mandate for employers with 100 or more employees.
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