This week, the City of Oakland joined Los Angeles, San Jose, and San Francisco in enacting emergency paid sick leave obligations for employers. The Oakland ordinance is effective immediately and the requirements are summarized below. Covered Employees Oakland’s new emergency paid sick leave ordinance…
The Ninth Circuit very favorably applied the after acquired evidence doctrine to completely bar a disability discrimination claim. In Anthony v. TRAX International Corporation, 955 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2020), the plaintiff employee took a leave of absence under the FMLA. At the end of her leave, plaintiff…
Last week, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-51-20, requiring the food sector “hiring entities” with 500 or more employees in the US to provide paid sick leave to essential workers for certain COVID-19 related reasons called COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick. A copy of the Executive Order…
On April 7, 2020, the cities of San Francisco and San Jose passed emergency paid sick leave ordinances that require covered employers to provide additional paid sick leave to employees for COVID-19 purposes. The San Jose ordinance took effect immediately on April 7, but unhelpfully, city government did not…
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the "FFCRA"), signed into law on March 18, 2020, provides small and midsize employers refundable tax credits that reimburse them for the cost of providing paid sick and family leave wages to their employees for certain qualifying leaves related to…
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