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New Changes to Equal Pay Law in CA
Thomas M. Lee

Governor Brown signs new Equal Pay Law The California Legislature has turned its attention to anti-discrimination law: equal pay. Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 358 into law and becomes effective January 1, 2016. The text of the new law and a summary of the changes in the law already in place is below: 1197.5. (a)…

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U.S. DOL Issues New Guidelines re: Independent Contractors
Thomas M. Lee

On July 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued Administrators Interpretation 2015-1: “Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s ‘Suffer or Permit’ Standard in the Identification of Employees Who Are Misclassified as Independent Contractors.” The Interpretation’s stated goal is to provide “guidance regarding the application of the standards for…

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L.A. County To Hike Minimum Wage
Thomas M. Lee

Los Angeles County Votes To Gradually Raise Minimum Wage To $15 By 2020 The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to incrementally raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour in unincorporated areas of the county over the next five years. For a list of L.A county’s unincorporated areas, go here: http://ceo.lacounty.gov/forms/unincorp%20alpha%20web.pdf…

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Uber Drivers are Employees
Thomas M. Lee

Uber has long tried to play itself off as simply a middleman, just dispatching independent drivers to consumers through its app — and taking a big cut of their fare. Nothing but logistics, right? Not according to the California Labor Commission, who ruled today that the extensive control Uber has over its drivers makes them…

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Employers May Not Be Able To Force Employees To Sign Arbitration Agreements In 2015
Thomas M. Lee

A.B. 2617, proposed by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, and signed by Governor Brown on Sept. 30, bars people from being forced to waive civil rights protections as a condition of entering into a contract for the provision of goods or services, including the right to file a civil action with the attorney general, the…

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CA Employers Must Give Employees 3 Paid Sick Days Per Year Starting In 2015
Thomas M. Lee

Early Saturday morning, the California Legislature voted to significantly expand working Californians’ access to paid time off for illness. Gov. Jerry Brown was sent AB 1522, which he applauded. AB 1522 enacts the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014. The Act requires most employers in the state to give workers at least three paid…

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