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News Flash: San Francisco Unveils Compromise Living Wage Proposal
In an effort to head off a sweeping living wage initiative in the November election, San Francisco has negotiated an alternative proposal with business and labor groups that would boost wages for thousands of low-paid workers. If the plan is adopted, San Francisco would be the 46th municipality in the nation to require a living […]
Bulletin Item: OSHA’s Revised Form 300 Log Now Available Online
You can now access and download the form that will be required to report workplace injuries and illnesses starting Jan. 1, 2004.
Departments Release Health Care Reform Regulations on Preventive Care
On Monday, July 19, the Federal Register published interim final regulations from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury requiring new health plans beginning on or after September 23, 2010, to cover certain evidence-based preventive care without cost sharing. In other words, plans cannot charge patients copayments, coinsurance, or […]
Minimum Wage Developments
News Flash: Domestic Violence Leave Law
Gov. Davis recently signed a new law (A.B. 2357) that expands the grounds for domestic violence victims to take unpaid time off from work, such as for counseling and relocation. However, some provisions of the new law, which has separate rules for employers with 25 or more workers, are ambiguous and may require legislative […]
News Notes: Feds Allow Use Of Unemployment Funds For Leave, But Status In California Unclear
The Department of Labor has put into place controversial regulations that would let states use unemployment insurance money to fund family and medical leave. The new rules broaden the scope of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, so that workers could receive up to 12 weeks of paid leave if they take time off […]
Pay Bias: New U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Limits Old Claims, But Caution Still Required
Proposed Legislation Would Give Small Employers Scheduling Flexibility
Small employers and their employees would be given new flexibility in work scheduling under a new measure introduced in the California Assembly. A.B. 2127 would allow employers with 25 or fewer employees to approve an employee’s written request to work up to 10-hour days within a 40-hour workweek without paying daily overtime. Under current law, […]