The new list of employment laws that have gone into effect since the new year includes a required minimum wage for garment workers, 100% gratuity from food delivery apps sent to the driver, and more. Employment Media Expert Angela Reddock-Wright … Read More
On New Year’s Day, January 1, 2022, Angela Reddock-Wright, employment and Title IX attorney, mediator, arbitrator, and workplace/Title IX investigator and hearing officer, had the opportunity to join Spectrum News 1 multimedia journalist Catalina Villegas to discuss the new California employment laws, including the $15.00 minimum wage, the payment of garment workers, and the exclusion of NDA’s (non-disclosure) and non-disparagement clauses in employer-employee settlements for discrimination claims. Please check out the discussion.… Read More
On December 7, 2021, Angela Reddock-Wright made an appearance on KNBC-4 TV news to discuss strategies for quitting your job without burning a bridge, in wake of the 2021 employment trend dubbed The Great Resignation. To avoid any legal ramifications … Read More
Part four of California’s upcoming list of employment law changes is centered around the ABC test for independent contractors, which will include exception extensions for certain businesses starting in 2022. Through Assembly Bill 1506, such exceptions will stretch through the … Read More
Up until the end of this year, employer violations of wage provisions in California have been classified as mere misdemeanors. However, this past September 2021, Governor Newsom signed off on Assembly Bill No. 1003 (AB 1003) which will render alleged … Read More
Governor Newsom’s recent list of new employment laws, set to go into effect January 1, 2022, includes a number of changes to wage theft repercussions, employee severance agreements, leaves of absence, and more. Among these additions is SB 331, which … Read More
On December 7, 2021 Angela Reddock-Wright, workplace expert and legal commentator, employment attorney, mediator, arbitrator, workplace/Title IX investigator, joined NBC-4 News Anchor Adrian Arambulo to provide tips and tools for “Quitting Your Job” in the period of the “Great Resignation.” Reddock-Wright encouraged viewers to consider the legal and financial ramifications of their decision and not to “burn any bridges” and to leave on a positive note. Check out the discussion here.… Read More
Several new employment laws have been cleared for 2022 this past year, adding and changing clauses concerning non-disclosure agreements, expansion of the CA Family Right Act, wage theft, and several others amid unprecedented back-to-work incentives. Although it’s not a new … Read More
In uplifting news, California once again generated more new jobs than any other state with 97,000 openings in October 2021, accounting for nearly 20% of the country’s total job gains for the month despite effects of The Great Resignation. Over … Read More
President Biden recently signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which dedicated over $1 trillion towards a handful of improvements to transportation, broadband, and utilities. Up next is the Build Back Better Act which is slated to provide paid leave … Read More