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January 25, 2022
California Governor Gavin Newsom, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, and Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins reached an agreement on Tuesday to require employers to provide workers with up to two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave to recover from COVID-19 or care for a family member with the virus. If passed, this law would be retroactive from January 1, 2022, extend until September 30, 2022, and would apply to businesses with 26 or more employees.
Resources
January 21, 2022
As readers of this blog may already know, Cal/OSHA has recently issued “new” COVID-19 regulations that govern California employers. Equally so, Cal/OSHA has published lesser-known documents that deserve an employer’s review and consideration.
News
January 18, 2022
On January 12, 2020, Cal/OSHA released an updated Frequently Asked Questions that provides much-needed clarity to Cal/OSHA’s “new” ETS COVID-19 guidelines.
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January 13, 2022
As we predicted, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling blocking the enforcement of federal OSHA’s COVID-19 vaccinate-or-testing mandates for large employers. In short, the Court has determined that the federal OSHA rules are illegal as they exceed the scope of powers that Congress delegated (granted) to OSHA.
Videos
January 13, 2022
In this first of a two-part series, MNK Law explains how internal investigations are an important tool for responding to complaints or incidents of suspected workplace misconduct.
News
January 12, 2022
Last Friday (January 7, 2022), the United States Supreme Court (the “Court”) heard challenges to the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 rules for large employers and healthcare workers. The arguments lodged in favor of—and against—the rules are complex and interesting in their own right, but readers are most interested in knowing how and when the Court will issue a ruling on the rules.
Resources
January 6, 2022
People often wonder how they can transfer a title in real estate from one person or an entity to another. The issue arises because real estate is unmovable and cannot be physically handed over to another person or entity.
News
January 5, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) recently revised its guidance surrounding the length of time persons must isolate after testing positive for COVID-19 and the quarantine period for those who were exposed to the virus.
News
December 23, 2021
As the New Year approaches, so do new proposed federal laws. After the New Year, employers should be on the lookout for the following: 1. Proposal to Raise the FLSA Exempt Salary Level 2. Revisions to NLRB Joint-Employer Rule
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December 21, 2021
COVID-19 laws are changing rapidly and unpredictably. This past Friday, December 17, 2021, a federal court in Ohio surprisingly reversed a nationwide injunction against federal OSHA’s COVID-19 vaccinate-or-testing mandate for large employers (i.e., employers with 100 or more employees). Thus, effective last Friday, the federal OSHA rules (the “Rules”) are back in effect.
