On September 1, 2020, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an emergency ordinance to temporarily protect workers and job applicants from adverse action if they test positive for COVID-19, or are isolating or quarantining, or have previously...
Telemedicine allows patients to communicate and interact with health care professionals outside of the traditional medical office structure. Over the last decade, the number of employer groups that offer telemedicine either through an outside vendor or through their...
As I speak with prospective and current clients about their challenges in achieving their short and long-term business goals, the one issue that keeps coming up in every conversation is “I have trouble finding and keeping great employees?” Before COVID the...
In July, I wrote about the six sources of workplace cultural conflicts including unconscious bias. As workplaces be-come more diverse, employers and their employees are working with people of different backgrounds: race, age, gender identity, sexual orientation,...
In recent years, “unlimited” vacation policies have gained traction in California, becoming increasingly popular for providing employees with limitless paid vacation or paid time off (PTO). A recent California Court of Appeal decision gives employers some guidance on...
It is well documented that back in May California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an Executive Order which established a rebuttable presumption of industrial causation (within certain parameters) for any employee diagnosed with COVID-19. The order was retroactive from...
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