The Law Offices of Joseph E. Lounsbury

"Public health emergency FMLA leave may be taken when an employee is unable to work, or telework, due to a need for leave to care for a son or daughter under 18 years of age if the minor child’s elementary or high school or place of care has been closed, or the minor child’s paid child care provider is unavailable, due to a public health emergency, where public health emergency means an emergency with respect to COVID-19 declared by a federal, state, or local authority." This is for Informational/Educational Purposes only and should not be construed as legal advise.

...Is it so much to ask that the poorest people of the land have a measure of justice? - #CesarChavez /// "... ¿Es mucho pedir que las personas más pobres de la tierra tengan un poco de justicia?" - #César Chavez

#DIR Offices statewide will be closed Tuesday, March 31 in honor of Cesar Chavez Day.

With many essential workers risking exposure to #COVID19 on a daily basis, labor groups and CAAA are working to ensure they’re protected should they contract the disease as a result of their working conditions. Full story in this week's #WorkCompBriefing: https://conta.cc/2UsLBjc

This is a resource for Workers and Employers put out by the Labor and Workforce Development Agency in response to the Covid 19 padenmic. https://www.labor.ca.gov/coronavirus2019/#chart

California is about to reclassify what it means to be an employee.

Celebrating the labor movement, champions of worker protections and hardworking Americans everywhere. #HappyLaborDay #LaborDay

Depending on the job, a "gig" worker may already fit the criteria for employee. AB 5 clarifies some, but not all, of the issues that employment attorneys now argue over with regard to employment status.

I am a member of the California Applicants' Attorneys Association (CAAA).