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The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) recently announced updated regulations to California’s Fair Chance Act of 2018. This Act, also known as Ban the Box, prohibits private and public sector employers with five or more employees from inquiring about a job applicant’s criminal record before making a conditional offer of employment. The law is designed to help those with criminal histories obtain gainful employment. Read Martin Law's latest blog post for more details. https://employmentdefenselaw.com/recent-updates-to-the-fai/ #employment #employmentlaw #californiabusiness #employers #workforce #employee #california #employmentdefense #dfeh #fairchanceact #laborlaw #lawyer #law #legal

Last week, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 973 requiring certain employers to file a pay data report with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) containing information about employees’ pay, position, and demographics. The purpose of the new law is to strengthen enforcement of California’s Equal Pay Act, which requires equal pay for substantially similar work regardless of sex, race, or ethnicity. Read Martin Law's latest blog post for more details. https://employmentdefenselaw.com/new-pay-data-reporting-la/ #employment #california #senatebill #dfeh #equalpay #employers #employees #californiabusiness #employmentdefense #employmentlaw #workforce #labor #law #legal #work

AB 1867 is new legislation that requires certain private employers to provide their California employees with a paid sick leave if the absence is related to COVID-19. Read Martin Law's latest blog post for more details. https://employmentdefenselaw.com/ab-1867-supplemental-covi/ #employment #employers #work #workplace #workplacehealth #workplacehealthandsafety #covid #covid19update #coronarivus #californiabusiness #california #workforce #law #legal #employee #employmentdefense #employmentlaw

Governor Newsom recently signed Assembly Bill (AB) 2257. This new law provides much-needed clarification of several ambiguities in AB 5, which exempted certain occupations and business relationships from the stringent ABC test and, instead, subjected them to a multifactor test. Read Martin Law's latest blog post for more details. https://employmentdefenselaw.com/new-law-expands-and-clari/ #law #employmentlaw #employmentdefense #californiabusiness #california #employers #business #labor #workforce #laborlaw #litigation #legal #blogpost #contractor #work #workplace

Employers across California have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by transitioning their workforces to work remotely. In response to questions about employers’ obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to track unscheduled hours worked by their non-exempt employees, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued the Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) 2020-5, which provides employers with guidance on tracking compensable working hours for remote employees. Read Martin Law’s latest blog post for more details. #law #employmentlaw #covid #business #workplacesafety #employmentdefense #lawyers #legal #blogpost #californiabusiness #publichealth #employers #labor #workforce #workfromhome #remotework https://employmentdefenselaw.com/dol-issues-guidance-for-e/