‘Twas the day before Christmas, and all through the workplace,
A few diligent employees were working apace,
Others had taken vacation to spend time with St. Nick,
While still others were absent having called in sick.
Some surely were, for it was cold and flu season!
But the Manager wondered if some had another reason.
This blog post was authored by Christopher Frederick.
Minimum Wage provisions
The Santa Monica City Council recently passed a minimum wage and sick leave ordinance that will increase the minimum wage for all private sector employees working in the City of Santa Monica effective July 1, 2016. The ordinance was approved by the City
In recent years, many California public agencies of all sizes have developed absence control policies to manage employee abuse of sick leave and other types of leaves. Generally speaking, these policies track each employee’s leave usage and establish various procedures, such as performance improvement plans and/or discipline, in the event an employee’s leave usage is
INTRODUCTION
UPDATE – Following up on our June 26, 2015 Special Bulletin, which outlined Assembly Bill 304, the proposed clean-up legislation for California’s Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (“Paid Sick Leave Law” or “AB 1522”), this urgency legislation passed the California Senate on July 13, 2015, with a vote of 39-0 and was
This post was authored by Gage Dungy and Stephanie Lowe
INTRODUCTION
The California Assembly recently passed Assembly Bill 304—clean-up legislation for California’s new Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (“Paid Sick Leave Law” or “AB 1522”) on June 22, 2015, with bipartisan support by a vote of 69-0. The bill is now currently pending
This blog post was authored by Gage Dungy and Stephanie J. Lowe
On September 10, 2014, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 1522 (“AB 1522”), codified as Labor Code sections 245 through 249, enacting the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (“Paid Sick Leave law”). Effective July 1, 2015, this new Paid Sick Leave