Just a sampling of California governments continued meddling in business which raises the cost of doing business in California and the US. Ultimately, it just raises the cost of American employees when compared to both technology cap-ex investments and foreign labor.. This summary comes from our friends at Fenwick & West: =========================================== 2014 brought several employment law developments that will undoubtedly affect your workplace. * Wage/Hour: Increasing state and local minimum wage requirements; liability for “off-the-clock” work; timing for payment of exempt commissioned salespersons; partial-day leave deductions for exempt employees; and important worker classification developments. * Time Off: Mandatory paid sick leave law; continuing trends in no-accrual time off policies; and developments regarding leaves of absence. * Equal Employment Opportunity: Extension of mandatory training to cover “bullying”; San Francisco limitation on criminal history inquiries; telecommuting and workplace presence as position’s “essential function”; and other developments regarding gender, religious, and other forms of discrimination and harassment. * Arbitration: Enforceability of mandatory pre-employment arbitration agreements including under Iskanian; waiver of class, collective and representative actions; and public reporting of arbitration data. * NLRB: Continued scrutiny of employer policies (especially sound media) and agreements. * Workforce Liability: Expanding scope of workforce liability as to employees of joint employer or labor contractor. * Select Employee Benefits: Bay Area Commuter Benefits Program and cell phone reimbursement.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 09:08:12 +0000
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