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
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
Yesterday, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to put over $1 trillion towards transportation, broadband, and utilities revamps. Although many are wondering how this will affect infrastructure in the coming years, others are curious about how … Read More
A recent study by the University of Michigan into the divided effects of long-haul COVID-19 on different cultural backgrounds reached an unfortunate conclusion: Black patients were found to experience challenges in returning to work after recovering from COVID-19, taking nearly … Read More
In recent COVID-19 news, a handful of workers across the U.S. have been denied unemployment benefits after refusing to comply with vaccine mandates. Although these laws currently vary by state, they could soon have a countrywide impact if and when … Read More
From religious and medical exemptions to politics, there are a number of reasons people are losing their jobs over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Last week, Washington State University fired its football coach, Nick Rolovich, and four of his assistants for … Read More