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Ramit Mizrahi's take on what the new administration means for workers.

2020 has turned out to be another bumper year for employment legislation! The pandemic provided the impetus for the California legislature to expand family and medical leave to employees at smaller companies, fill in gaps with respect to supplemental paid sick leave, and enact a number of measures aimed at keeping employees safer at work. The California legislature also provided greater whistleblower protections, expanded employer reporting obligations, clarified the law with respect to employee misclassification, and expanded the Labor Commissioner’s powers. Below, we cover the top employment laws that were signed into law or vetoed this legislative session.

We are excited to share Ramit Mizrahi's article, featured on the cover of the California Labor & Employment Law Review September Issue: "Same Ocean, Different Boats: The Pandemic's Disproportionate Impact on Certain Workers, Employment Law's Protections, and Its Limitations." The article explores which workers have been most affected by the pandemic, where employment law serves to protect them, and where we must look outside of employment law to support those most in need. Cl...ick the link below to read the article in full. Introduction: "Six months ago, the coronavirus pandemic led to one of the most extreme economic shocks in the history of our nation. Real gross domestic product shrank at an estimated annual rate of 32.9% in the second quarter of 2020, after dropping by 5% in the first quarter. Nationally, employment rates were down by 20% at bottom in mid-April and are still nearly 7% below where they were in January 2020. Here in California, as of July 27, employment rates remain nearly 10% below January rates. Los Angeles County has been even harder hit, with an unemployment rate still at 17.5%. Looking at overall numbers, however, fails to reveal the disproportionate impact that the pandemic, and the governmental response to it, has had on certain groups of workersthose working in hard-hit industries, who are disproportionately low earners, women, and workers of color; those with disabilities; older workers; and parents with young children. Employment law offers protections to certain workers, but has its limitations."

AB-1867, signed into law and effective immediately, makes sure that all California employees are eligible for COVID-19-related supplemental paid sick leave by filling in the gaps lefts by the FFCRA.

If SB-1383 is signed into law, millions more California workers will be able to take job-protected family and medical leave.

Pleased to share that Ramit Mizrahi was selected for inclusion in U.S News & World Report’s 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America and to the 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list, both for her work in employment law representing individuals.

We are pleased to share a video presentation by Ramit Mizrahi for the California Lawyers Association, geared toward educating employees with disabilities as they navigate a safe return to the workplace.