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What Are California Employment Laws 2024?

HR Lineup

California has long been a trailblazer when it comes to employment laws in the United States. As of 2024, California’s employment laws continue to evolve, reflecting the changing needs of its workforce and the broader societal landscape. Failure to provide these breaks can result in penalties for employers.

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Your temporary workers can probably sue you for discrimination

The Employer Handbook

Last week, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals daintily dabbed the Cheez Whiz from their cheeseteak holes and voted provolone out of Philadelphia took up the issue of whether a company with which a staffing company places temporary workers can be sued for discrimination. In a word, yes. It’s a control test. the company with which Mr.

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Changing an employee’s job title? What employment laws have to say

Business Management Daily

She wonders what employment law says about an employer changing such things without her consent. Title changes under at-will employment. The first thing Anne and any other employee in this situation needs to consider is their type of employment arrangement. The post Changing an employee’s job title?

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Girl Scout Cookies and Employment Law – Almost Everything That HR Needs To Know

The Employer Handbook

A bonus discrimination case involving the sale of Girl Scout Cookies gone terribly wrong. Let’s see what my employment-law blogging buddy, Jon Hyman , had to say about this : Consider an employer with a strict no-solicitation policy that ignores Girl Scout cookie sales or March Madness brackets. Yeah, exactly.

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Workplace lactation discrimination laws are expanding: Stay compliant

HR Morning

A recent lactation discrimination case in Delaware resulted in a $1 million jury award to a mother who sued when harassment from co-workers and supervisors caused her to stop pumping breast milk and subsequently lose her supply. . Research shows continued discrimination in the workplace. firing them just for asking.

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San Francisco Passes COVID-19-Related Employment Protections Ordinance

HRWatchdog

Employers must not interfere with, restrain or deny the exercise of rights under the ordinance, and it’s unlawful for an employer to take any adverse action against any worker or applicant in retaliation for exercising rights under the ordinance, which includes requesting or taking leave. Worker and Applicant Protections.

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Joint Employment and the FMLA: Which Employer is Responsible?

HR Daily Advisor

When a staffing agency and a client both exercise control over an employee, the staffing agency is usually considered the primary employer for Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) purposes, according to the U.S. Employer Takeaway. Department of Labor (DOL). As one recent court decision shows, however, that’s not always the case.