RECORDING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS Taking effect 1 January 2021, Assembly Bill (AB) 685 establishes stringent COVID-19 recording and reporting requirements when employers receive notice of a potential COVID-19 exposure at the workplace. Among other things, AB 685...
Year: 2021
Criminal History and Future Employment
Are there laws in place that protect me from discrimination based on my criminal history? The Fair Chance Act, which went into effect on January 1, 2018, is a California law that generally prohibits employers of more than 5 employees from asking about the conviction...
Flirting and date invites can turn into quid pro quo harassment
Having a laid-back, friendly atmosphere at work can be a positive thing because it prompts people to be excited about coming to their job every day. A casual workspace can feel more like a family than a group of relative strangers. Unfortunately, some people can take...
Do you know what reasonable accommodations your employer must make for you?
Employers must know about various employment laws and abide by them in many areas of their operation, including reasonably accommodating their employees with disabilities. Whether you have a lifelong disability or you develop a condition later in life, the Americans...
The Common Misconception About Maternity Leave
This article explains an employee’s legal rights to maternity and pregnancy disability leave.
New Employment Laws for 2021
New California Employment Laws for 2021
Disclosing an invisible disability at work: What to do, when to do it, and what to watch
Your condition didn’t come on overnight, and you didn’t have it when you first started working for your employer. For a long while, you were able to manage your health problem well with medication alone without it affecting your ability to work. Now, things have...
Millennials and age discrimination: Yes, we’re at that point
As bizarre as it might seem to anybody who still thinks of Millennials as mere youngsters, this is the year that the oldest millennials hit the big 4-0, thus making them eligible to litigate after instances of age discrimination in the workplace. Admittedly,...