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SB 1383 California Family Rights Act
September 23, 2020 Governor Newsom signed legislation that will greatly expand the California Family Rights Act in a manner that will impact both small and large California employers. The CFRA requires covered employers to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave during...
California Imposes Mandatory COVID-19 Exposure Reporting Requirements
On September 17, 2020, Governor Newsom signed AB 685 into law. The bill imposes significant new requirements upon employers to give notice of a potential COVID-19 exposure in the workplace. It also expands Cal-OSHA’s authority and citation powers. AB 685 is effective...
SB 1159 Addressing Workers’ Compensation Awaits Governor’s Signature
A little over two months ago, Governor Newsom’s executive order that established a rebuttable presumption of industrial causation for workers in California who contracted COVID-19 expired. At that time, Heffernan’s Consulting Division shared with you our thoughts on...
Compliance Alert: Flexible Spending Accounts & Forfeitures
As we approach the end of the calendar year the issue of funds in employees’ Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) always comes up. What if an employee has not used up all the funds they have in their FSA account. The IRS now permits that up to $550 can be rolled over...
San Francisco Passes COVID-19-Related Employment Protections Ordinance
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 AKA Telehealth is Here to Stay
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...
Are You an Employer of Choice?
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...
Why Employers Need To Focus on Unconscious Bias – Human Resources Compliance
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,...
‘Unlimited’ Vacation Policies, California Court Addresses
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...
CA Work Comp Executive Order Expires
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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