With the enactment of Senate Bill (“SB”) 553, the legislature amended Labor Code section 6401.7 and added Labor Code section 6401.9, requiring employers to adopt and implement a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (“WVPP”) and corresponding training for their employees by July 1, 2024.
As the effective date for these statutory requirements rapidly approaches, LCW has
This article was originally published in October 2019. The information has been reviewed and is up-to-date as of October 2023.
Many workplaces and schools engage in Halloween celebrations, and with good reason. LCW is no exception:
However, Halloween parties can be scary for risk managers, as they carry the potential to put a few skeletons
In today’s technology-centered workplace, employees and employers have more options than ever before on how to communicate. Calling, video-conferencing, and even texting amongst co-workers has become the norm. And with the recent shift towards remote and hybrid work situations, many of these communications are happening from the comfort of employees’ homes. With the lines between
On November 19, 2020, pursuant to emergency rulemaking authority, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (“OSHSB”) adopted temporary regulations regarding measures that employers must undertake in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace (“emergency regulations”).
The emergency regulations, which will likely take effect on November 30, 2020, apply to public
This post was authored by Megan Lewis.
Twenty years ago, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana. Since then, numerous other states have legalized marijuana for medicinal use. What about more general legalization? Though a previous attempt in 2010 failed, a recent poll indicates that California is in fact poised to join
While this is not the first time a “war on drugs” has been politicized, the new war in 2016 is different than President Nixon’s 1971 declaration of war on drugs and Nancy Reagan’s 1981 “just say no” campaign. The 2016 presidential candidates are espousing the country’s desperate need to control the illegal use of legal
We are closing in on the thirtieth anniversary of the seminal decision that defined sexual harassment in the workplace. In 1986, the United States Supreme Court opined in Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson that when a boss coerces a subordinate into having sex, it’s against the law—in particular, a violation of Title VII of the