This past year was a rollercoaster for the California legislature and workforce, with numerous employment laws and trends shifting. From the Great Resignation’s wave of quitting professionals to the new practice of “overworking,” the employment landscape is tugging and pulling … Read More
Remote work, so it seems, may not be as permanent as we thought. From SHRM to Bloomberg, the wave of news about return-to-office pushes amidst a looming recession has been of tidal proportions throughout 2022. With these creeping implications that … Read More
Building off of our last article, which dove into recent COVID-19 bills and extensions, this post offers a more exhaustive list of current and soon-to-be active California employment laws. Whether it be the constantly changing COVID-19 guidelines, new pay data … Read More
As a continuation of the discussion in my book – The Workplace Transformed: 7 Crucial Lessons from the Pandemic & Beyond, this blog provides an update on some of the recent COVID-19 laws passed by the California Legislature. The California … Read More
Greater pay transparency has swept the nation over the past year or so, and now, California is getting its turn. With the approval of SB 1162, California employers will be required to disclose pay scales to current employees and postings … Read More
With a recent amendment of California Assembly Bill 2188 (AB 2188), California employers could soon see restrictions on hiring and other employment decisions based on off-duty cannabis use. On August 30, 2022, the bill passed the California legislature and proceeded … Read More
On Thursday, September 15, 2022, Angela Reddock-Wright, employment attorney, mediator, arbitrator, workplace and Title IX investigator, joined Los Angeles ABC-7 reporter Rachel Brown to discuss the anticipated new California Law – AB 2188 – which, if passed, would prohibit California employers from discriminating in hiring, firing or setting conditions of employment against employees who legally use recreational or medical marijuana. … Read More
On Wednesday, September 7, 2022, Angela Reddock-Wright, author, legal commentator, employment attorney and mediator, joined Atlanta’s CBS46 digital journalist Mariya Murrow to discuss the recent workplace trend of “quiet quitting” and “quiet firing.” She also discussed the characteristics of the modern workplace and the key lessons from her book, “The Workplace Transformed: 7 Crucial Lessons from the Global Pandemic & Beyond.” Check out the discussion here.… Read More
Thanks to a recent TikTok trend, young professionals have sparked a new workplace practice to establish boundaries and prevent hustle culture. Dubbed “quiet quitting,” the phrase generally refers to coasting through your job. However, it’s apparent that the trend is … Read More
After experiencing enormous stress, decreased revenues and unprecedented safety concerns during Covid-19, many organizations have come to realize that the amount of effort they spend planning for disaster ahead of time can spell the difference between failure and survival. Evidence … Read More