[Source: Fox&Hounds] As part of the recent budget deal struck last weekend between the Legislature and the Governor, SB 1383 (Jackson) would create a massive expansion of protected leave under the California Family Rights Act (CFRA). The bill came into print at 9pm on June 23 and was heard about the same time a day Read More…
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Beware the temporary tax fix
[Source: Fox&Hounds] During these difficult times, with politicians scrambling for answers to the economic woes brought on by the pandemic, expect to hear about temporary solutions to address problems often in the form of a tax increase. If history teaches anything, temporary government solutions often become permanent. We already have one temporary tax proposed, AB Read More…
A new skirmish in ‘tort wars’
[Source: CalMatters] No session of the California Legislature would be complete without at least one skirmish in the decades-long conflict known to Capitol insiders as “tort wars” — and this year is no different even though the COVID-19 pandemic dominates political consciousness. A tort is, as one dictionary defines it, “a wrongful act or an Read More…
Predictable scheduling law not justified in California
[Source: Chris Micheli] This year, there is another effort to enact a “predictable scheduling” mandate on California employers, SB 850 (Leyva), which many believe would impose an unfair, one-size-fits-all, scheduling mandate on retail and food employers that penalizes these employers with “additional pay” for making changes to their employees’ schedule. Some of the concerns with Read More…
California lawmakers fail to pass sweeping plastic pollution plan
[Source: The Mercury News] In a setback for environmental groups, California lawmakers early Saturday morning ended the 2019 legislative session without passing two bills that would have been the most ambitious effort in the nation to reduce the massive amounts of plastic pollution that are washing into oceans, rivers and lakes around the world. The Read More…
Newsom plans to veto bill that would have blocked Trump’s rollback of endangered species protections
[Source: Los Angeles Times] Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to veto a bill passed by California lawmakers that would have allowed the state to keep strict Obama-era endangered species protections and water pumping restrictions for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Newsom’s intentions, confirmed by his spokesman on Saturday, comes less than 24 hours after state lawmakers Read More…
California’s controversial labor bill has passed the Senate
[Source: USA TODAY] A controversial piece of legislation passed the California Senate late Tuesday evening, codifying and clarify a landmark state Supreme Court decision that limits whether companies can classify their workers as independent contractors. Expected to have wide-reaching implications that resonate across the country — including posing an existential crisis for businesses built with independent, on-demand labor — the Read More…
California considering toughest plastic pollution laws in United States
[Source: The Mercury News] With enormous and ever-growing amounts of plastic washing into oceans, rivers and lakes around the world, California lawmakers this week are considering passing the nation’s most far-reaching laws to reduce plastic pollution over the next decade. Three bills before the state Legislature would require companies that sell products widely found in Read More…
Some sectors warn that AB5 could hurt workers, raise prices
[Source: SFGATE] As California moves forward with legislation that could turn many independent contractors into employees, some industries are vociferously protesting that the changes could hurt their workers and raise costs for consumers. Assembly Bill 5, sponsored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, saw its chances of becoming law rise this week when Gov. Gavin Read More…