This post talks about California’s new COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave available to eligible employees from January 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021.
This post discusses some potentially unlawful aspects of employers requiring employees to take an unapproved COVID-19 vaccine which the FDA has only provided an emergency use authorization (“EUA”) for.
California's Labor Commissioner has issued about $2 million in wage judgments against a San Diego County care home operator. Live-in caregivers say they worked 20-hour days, six days a week, for a flat daily rate instead of hourly pay.
California's minimum wage goes up to $17.40 an hour in 2027. The same change raises the salary line for overtime exemption to $72,384 a year — and neither a salary nor a job title takes away your right to overtime.
A California city agreed to pay $230,000 to a worker who says she reported sexual harassment, got written up in response, and was then turned down for a disability schedule change other workers received.
The California Labor Commissioner ordered J BBQ in Koreatown, Los Angeles, California to pay over $680,000 in unpaid wages and penalties after investigators found the restaurant denied 48 workers proper wages, breaks, and accurate paystubs.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company LLC and three janitorial labor contractors were reportedly ordered to pay over $2 million in unpaid wages and penalty for illegally misclassifying 155 Half Moon Bay, California janitors as independent contractors and denying them basic workplace protections.
The California Labor Commissioner ordered Ali Baba Corp. to pay $40,460 after it reportedly illegally fired longtime care worker for reporting unsafe conditions and missed meal breaks.
Seventy California ice manufacturing plant workers will receive over $1 million in back pay and liquidated damages after a federal investigation found their employers intentionally denied them overtime.
More than 90 janitors in Los Angeles and Orange County will receive a share of over $438,000 after the state found multiple janitorial companies and a labor contractor responsible for widespread wage theft.
The Department of Labor fined Lucky Growers, Inc. and recovered back wages for affected employees who the California company charged rent for unsafe housing.
California’s Labor Commissioner fined Costco, Ryder Last Mile, and subcontractor Mega Nice Trucking $868K for jointly misclassifying 58 delivery drivers and committing widespread wage theft, with most of the penalties going directly to workers. All three companies are appealing the citations.