Labor & Employment Law Blog

Recently, the United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) amendments that, among other things, broaden the military family leave provisions and incorporate new eligibility requirements for airline flight crew employees. Comments to the proposed rule are due 60 days after its publication in the Federal Register.

On January 23, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States declined review of local ordinance language requiring supermarkets to keep their workforce for 90 days when a new owner takes over the business. Such ordinance language has become commonplace, for example, with hotel and other service industries specified by ordinance in some Bay Area cities. Contractors performing federal work face ...

On January 23, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States declined review of local ordinance language requiring supermarkets to keep their workforce for 90 days when a new owner takes over the business. Such ordinance language has become commonplace, for example, with hotel and other service industries specified by ordinance in some Bay Area cities. Contractors performing federal work face similar ...

As we previously reported here on November 7, 2011,  Governor Jerry Brown signed into law effective January 1, 2012, Assembly Bill 469, sponsored by State Assembly Member Sandre R Swanson (Dem. Oakland), known as the "Wage Theft Prevention Act of 2011."  Effective January 1, 2012, the Wage Theft Prevention Act of 2011 subjects California employers to new notice and record keeping requirements and to additional penalties for failing to comply with various provisions of the California Labor Code.  Some of the new requirements now in effect that require action on the part of affected employers are as follows: 

As we previously reported here on November 7, 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law effective January 1, 2012, Assembly Bill 469, sponsored by State Assembly Member Sandre R Swanson (Dem. Oakland), known as the "Wage Theft Prevention Act of 2011."  Effective January 1, 2012, the Wage Theft Prevention Act of 2011 subjects California employers to new notice and record keeping requirements and to additional penalties for failing to comply with various provisions of the California Labor Code.  Some of the new requirements now in effect that require action on the part of affected employers are as follows: