2023 Employment Law Update

Our initial 2023 Employment Law Update is on January 10, 2023, in Napa, California. The presentation will cover new laws from the past year as well as recent court cases and administrative developments. Some topics include:

• Minimum wage and other wage-payment changes

• Pay data reporting and pay scale disclosure

• Leaves of absence and sick pay use

• Reproductive health decisionmaking

• Emergency condition protection

• COVID-19 exposure notification, workplace standards, Cal-OSHA regulation

• Employee and consumer privacy issues

• Specific industry regulation such as hotel, agricultural, and call-center employers

• State and federal agency changes

• Federal NLRB policies affecting non-union employers

• Recent caselaw affecting rounding, penalties, arbitration agreements and confidentiality

View a copy of the 2023 update via this link.

Lawyers as Employers: Navigating Part-Time Employees and Contractors

Contractors and part-time employees present many (or most) of the same labor-law issues as their full-time colleagues. Our July 29 presentation to the Napa County Bar Association addresses some of these issues, viewed from a lawyer-as-employer perspective. Some issues include:

• independent contractors

• workers compensation

• Equal Employment Opportunity law

• salary vs. hourly employees

• meal and rest periods

• overtime, split-shift, and other pay issues

• vacation and sick leave

• employee benefits

View a copy of the July 29 presentation via this link.

2022 Labor Law Update

Our 2022 Labor Law Seminar is on April 5, 2022, in Napa, California. The presentation will cover new laws from the past year as well as recent court cases and administrative developments. Some topics include:

• COVID-19 exposure notification, workplace standards, and mandatory employee recall • Mandatory vaccine policies and disability or religious accommodation • Minimum wage and other wage-payment changes (and new criminal penalties) • Leave requirements, including COVID-related Supplemental Paid Sick Leave and family medical leave • State and federal limitation of employment arbitration agreements • Changes to severance agreement rules • Employee record retention and posting • Massive new Cal-OSHA citation and enforcement tools • Wildfire smoke protection • Federal NLRB policies affecting non-union employers

View a copy of the 2022 update via this link.