Employee Leaves

The Governor signed AB 1522 into law on August 30, 2014, stating: “Tonight, the Legislature took historic action to help hardworking Californians. This bill guarantees that millions of workers – from Eureka to San Diego – won’t lose their jobs or pay just because they get sick.”…Read More

First, We Must Start With Saying This Law (And Title Of The Law) Is A Misnomer (That’s Why It’s In “Quotes”). The law provides for “Family Temporary Disability Insurance” (FTDI) which is intended to provide temporary wage replacement similar to State Disability Insurance (SDI).  Rather than for…Read More

Leave Of Absence And Time Off In our attorneys’ experience, leave of absence and time off is an often misunderstood area of employment and labor law for employers. Combined with other potential issues, such as the need for time off as a reasonable accommodation for…Read More

The content of this email/post is as of 3:03 pm, Sunday March 29, 2020. HR 6201 Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was enacted Wednesday, March 18, 2020. FFCRA directed the Secretary of Labor (Department of Labor (DOL)) to issue regulations regarding it. The DOL…Read More

All Employers – the federal government has passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) which directly impacts all employers with up to 500 employees. This is the first federal law passed to provide some relief to employees.  FFCRA contains several major provisions, three of…Read More