Uber and Lyft Drive Prop 22 Home in California
11/17/20
By: Adam Khan
On November 3, 2020, California voters resoundingly passed Proposition 22, delivering Uber and Lyft a big victory, and labor unions a setback.
Prior to Prop 22, AB5 expanded the California Supreme Court’s decision in Dynamex Operations West, …
Californians Will Soon Receive Their Supplemental $300 A Week Unemployment Benefits
9/8/20
California has secured $4.5 billion from the Lost Wages Assistance Program (LWAP) that will result in a $300 per week boost in unemployment benefits to millions of unemployed people in California impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. …
9th Circuit Holds Amazon’s Last-Mile Delivery Drivers are Exempt from Arbitration
8/21/20
On Wednesday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Amazon’s delivery drivers are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) because they are transportation workers “engaged in interstate commerce.”
The decision is a huge loss …
8/14/20
On Monday, a California Judge granted a preliminary injunction ordering that the popular ride-hailing companies, Uber and Lyft, stop classifying their drivers as independent contractors during the pendency of their litigation against the state of California.…
CARES in California: New Unemployment Benefits Available Under Federal Law
5/8/20
With over 3.5 million unemployment claims in California since mid-March, the state is facing an historic level of payments that need to be made. In fact, the state has paid out approximately $4.5 billion, which is entirely …
5/7/20
By: Ryan Greenspan
On May 5, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that the State of California will be suing Uber and Lyft for misclassifying their drivers as independent contractors. The precise details of the suit are not presently …
4/14/20
What Does The Executive Order Require: The COVID-19 crisis has employers scrambling to stay on top of legal obligations imposed by recent federal legislation, including the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the CARES Act, and …
U.S. Department of Education Announces Temporary Halting of Wage Garnishments
3/30/20
By: Jeffrey A. Hord
On March 25, 2020, the Department of Education (DOE) announced that it will temporarily halt seizing wages and/or withholding tax refunds from borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans held by the federal government. As …
3/10/20
By: Anastasia Osbrink
For years, employers across the U.S. have taken into account what an individual was making at his or her current job in assessing how much they would need to pay them if they left and joined the …
Securing the Bag: California Supreme Court Rules Exit Searches Compensable
3/2/20
By: Gregory Blueford
Shunning the position of the United State Supreme Court’s decision in Busk v. Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc., the California Supreme Court has ruled that time spent on the employer’s premises waiting for and undergoing company-mandated exit searches …
AB5: California’s Controversial Gig-Work Law Took Effect January 1, 2020
1/7/20
By: Margot Parker
As of January 1, 2020, California’s AB5 may require employers to reclassify hundreds of thousands of independent contractors as employees with broad labor law protections. The new law codifies the “ABC test” adopted by the California Supreme …
Federal Court Temporarily Enjoins California’s Ban On Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
1/7/20
By: Brad Adler
Employers will recall that California passed a law in October, 2019 (AB 51) that would limit the ability of employers to require mandatory arbitration of certain statutory employment claims as of January 1, 2020. Specifically, AB 51 …