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From the category of “really, I didn’t know this”: CA regulations require employers to provide their employees “suitable seats when the nature of the work reasonably permits the use of seats.” Does everyone have to have a seat at the table? In a recent case, a CA court (Meda v. AutoZone) said that suitable seating

In new COVID guidelines released yesterday, the CDC said that in most settings, adults and children do not need to quarantine after getting exposed to COVID. The reason for relaxing the rules? Because of virus-fighting tools and population immunity, COVID now presents a lower risk of hospitalization and death than in the early days of the pandemic,

Due to economic conditions, CA is raising its minimum wage on January 1, 2023 to $15.50 instead of $15.00. Under CA law, the rate adjustment is to be the lower of 3.5% or the rate of inflation (which is 7.9% during the measurement period). Employment Litigation Down In 2021, just 21,193 employment law cases were

The D.C. Circuit on today vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s decision clearing recycling company Browning-Ferris of joint employer liability, knocking the board for failing to grapple with the company’s indirect control over a staffing company’s workers, as another appellate panel directed it to do earlier in the case. For now, this is great news

In the wake of SCOTUS’ ruling in the Dobbs case (i.e., the US Constitution does not provide for a right to abortion and therefore that states have the right to legislate abortion), many are wondering how this ruling may effect employer-sponsored health plans. Some takeaways: Will elective abortions be considered “essential health benefits” under plans

The MD legislature overrode the Governor’s veto to pass a family leave law that will be effective June 1, 2023. The law will provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave to care for family members, their own medical conditions, or qualifying events due to a family member’s military deployment. Employees will received a weekly

In Perthuis v. Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, LLC, the Supreme Court of Texas held that in the absence of specific language setting forth the terms of payment in a commission agreement, the procuring-cause doctrine controls. The procuring-cause doctrine says an employee will be entitled to a commission on sales, even after his or her employment

On May 10, 2022, the Colorado legislature passed HB22-1317 which further restricts non-compete agreements. While the law still permits a non-compete pursuant to the sale of a business, non-competes will now must narrowly tailored to protect trade secrets, and whether the employee meets the “highly compensated” test (i.e., annual income in the six figures – at