California Employment Law Update

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Employers Owe No Duty Of Care To Prevent The Spread Of COVID To Employees’ Household Members

By Tony Oncidi on Posted in California Labor Code, California Supreme Court, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employer Liability for Worker's Actions, Employment Policies, Illness and Injury Prevention Program, Liability for Employee's Actions Outside the Workplace, Off-the-clock Issues, Serious Health Conditions, Uncategorized, Workplace Safety
Kuciemba v. Victory Woodworks, Inc., 14 Cal. 5th 993 (2023); 74 F.4th 1039 (9th Cir. 2023) The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that employers are not liable to nonemployees who contract COVID-19 from employee household members who bring the virus home from their workplace, because “[a]n employer does not owe a duty of care under … Continue Reading

September 2023 California Employment Law Notes

By Tony Oncidi on Posted in appellate court, base compensation, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, Court of Appeals, Employment Law Notes, Labor Code Section 4553, Liability for Employee’s Actions Outside the Workplace, Off-the-clock Issues, permanent disability, Reasonable Accomodation, reconsideration
We invite you to review our newly-posted September 2023 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include: Employers Owe No Duty Of Care To Prevent The Spread Of COVID To Employees’ Household Members School District Employer Did Not Violate The Law By Requiring … Continue Reading

Enforcement of PAGA Carve Out Suggests Need For New Revisions To Arbitration Agreements

By Tony Oncidi on Posted in Arbitration Agreements, California Labor & Employment Law, California Supreme Court, FAA, PAGA, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court
Duran v. EmployBridge Holding Co., 92 Cal. App. 5th 59 (2023) In 2014, the California Supreme Court determined that Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) claims are immune from arbitration in Iskanian v. CLS Transp. Los Angeles, LLC – which, unsurprisingly, led to an avalanche of PAGA claims being filed as plaintiffs’ lawyers scrambled to make their cases … Continue Reading
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