Articles Discussing California Wage & Hour Laws.

Paid sick leave will be available when a family member is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other crimes. Paid sick leave will be available for “preventive care” of agricultural employees who work outdoors when there is a smoke, heat, or flooding emergency. Unpaid leave protections for

Employers will no longer be able to require employees to use up to two weeks of vacation before they receive paid family leave insurance benefits. Employees will have access sooner to paid family leave insurance benefits. Changes can have a knock-on effect concerning substitution of paid leave under federal FMLA

Starting in January 2025, California’s Fair Employment & Housing Act (FEHA) will prohibit employers from including a statement in a job advertisement, posting, application, or other material that an applicant must have a driver’s license unless the employer “reasonably” anticipates driving to be an essential job function that cannot be

On September 29, 2024, the Governor signed Assembly Bill (AB) 2499, expanding the list of crimes for which employees can take time off and allowing employees to take protected time off to assist family members who are victims of specified crimes. The new law also permits the use of state

Jackson Lewis attorneys Monica Bullock and Briana Antuna provide an insightful analysis of Senate Bill 1105, which expands paid sick leave for agricultural employees to include emergencies like smoke, heat, or flooding. This change takes effect on January 1, 2025. Read their take on this important legislative update here.

As of September 24, 2024, Governor Newsom has signed Senate Bill (SB) 1105, which expands existing paid sick leave provisions to allow agricultural employees to use paid sick leave for additional reasons.

These changes take effect on January 1, 2025.

SB 1105 supplements the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of

California will see another increase to its minimum wage on January 1, 2025. The minimum wage in California will increase from $16.00 per hour to $16.50 per hour on January 1, 2025. This increase applies to all employers, regardless of size. The adjustment is based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI),

Beginning on January 1, 2025, California’s minimum wage will increase from $16.00/hour to $16.50/hour. The increase applies to all employers of any size. Earlier this month, the Director of the CA Department of Finance determined and certified that this increase correlates to an increase in the Consumer Price Index of 3.18% based on a comparison of the period from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, and July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2023.

 In this episode, Jen addresses the legal requirements applicable to your employees’ itemized wage statements.                                                                        

On June 29, 2024, California’s Governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 159, a budget bill pertaining to healthcare. Within this budget bill were revisions to California’s health care worker minimum wage, further delaying the implementation. On the last day of May, the Governor signed an urgency bill to delay the implementation

In this episode, Jen discusses why employers need to care more about complying with applicable wage-hour laws.

Most California employers must adhere to both federal and state minimum wage laws.  Recent developments at the state and local level have ushered in new changes to California minimum wage laws. At the state level, California raised the minimum wage to $16.00, subject to certain industry- and locality-specific requirements.  This

In this episode, Jen discusses the California Supreme Court’s new decision in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc. regarding Labor Code section 226 penalties.

In 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 525, which established five separate minimum wage schedules for certain covered health care facilities, effective June 1, 2024. However, due to a projected state budget deficit, Governor Newsom recently signed SB 828, delaying the effective date to July 1, 2024. Although SB 828 provides some reprieve for health care industry employers, it only is a brief delay, and the remainder of SB 525 remains unaffected.

On May 31, 2024, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 828, which delays the effective date of the healthcare minimum wage statute by one month.

Last October, Governor Newsom signed SB 525, which enacted a multi-tiered statewide minimum wage schedule for healthcare workers. However, in light of a significant budget