END OF YEAR ROUND UP - NEW LAWS GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 2024
Minimum wage increase Effective January 1, 2024, California’s minimum wage will increase to $16 per hour for all employers. Some cities...
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The Minnard Law Firm
- Feb 6, 2023
- 2 min
THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING COVID LEGAL LANDSCAPE
We may have made great strides in getting the virus itself under control, but the legal landscape surrounding employee rights and...
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The Minnard Law Firm
- Jun 12, 2021
- 2 min
RANSOMWARE ATTACKS ON THE RISE
Healthcare was busier than ever the past year, and not just because of the pandemic. Ransomware campaigns against health care providers...
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The Minnard Law Firm
- Jun 3, 2021
- 2 min
COVID & SICK LEAVE - UPDATES
If the past year has taught us nothing else, we now know that things can change: rapidly, significantly, and in a global way. One day...
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The Minnard Law Firm
- Sep 10, 2020
- 2 min
IMPORTANT NEW CALIFORNIA SICK LEAVE LAW
Yesterday, Governor Newsom signed AB 1867, legislation that immediately extends critical paid sick days protections to California’s...
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The Minnard Law Firm
- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
Timing of Business & Professions Code 805 Reports
The Office of the Attorney General recently an opinion formally addressing the meaning of the term “effective date” in Business and...
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Carla V. Minnard
- Nov 5, 2019
- 1 min
New Law Impacting California Physicians: Implicit Bias in the Medical Field
Governor Newsom recently signed into law AB 241 which will require, by January 1, 2022, that continued education for physicians,...
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Carla V. Minnard
- Oct 23, 2019
- 1 min
IMPORTANT NEW LAW REGARDING ARBITRATION OF EMPLOYMENT CLAIMS
Governor Newsom signed into law AB 51, which becomes effective January 1, 2020. For agreements entered into, modified, or extended on or...
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The Minnard Law Firm
- Sep 3, 2018
- 2 min
LABOR DAY
On June 28, 1894, the 53rd Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday. Here’s how Rep....
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By Carla V. Minnard
- Jun 6, 2018
- 2 min
State Senate Passes Bill Banning Drug Company Gifts to Doctors
The California Senate just passed a bill that would ban pharmaceutical companies from giving gifts to doctors. The bill, SB 790, is...
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Carole M. Bosch
- Sep 1, 2017
- 2 min
Employers' Consideration of Criminal History: New California Regulations
The California Fair Employment and Housing Council’s (“FEHC”) new regulations limiting employers’ use of criminal history in employment...
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By Carla V. Minnard
- Aug 1, 2017
- 2 min
Claims Against Public Entities
The Tort Claims Act (Cal. Gov. Code, § 810 et seq.) generally requires the filing of an administrative claim for damages as a...
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By Carla V. Minnard
- Jul 7, 2017
- 1 min
Ninth Circuit Upholds NCAA Ban on Coaches With Felony Convictions
On June 27th, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Hardie v. NCAA. The Plaintiff, Dominic Hardie, filed suit alleging that the NCAA's...
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By Carla V. Minnard
- Jun 29, 2017
- 2 min
Independence Day
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with...
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Carla V. Minnard
- May 5, 2017
- 1 min
Employee Rights, Employer Obligations & Social Media – Part Two of a Two Part Series
What obligations do employers have if an employee is being harassed by another employee online? Given that the law in this area is...
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Carole M. Bosch
- May 2, 2017
- 1 min
Can "hugging" create a hostile work environment?
Plaintiff Victoria Zetwick worked as a correctional office for the County of Yolo. In a lawsuit against the County and Sheriff Edward...
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Carla V. Minnard
- Apr 4, 2017
- 2 min
Employee Rights, Employer Obligations & Social Media – Part One of a Two Part Series
California Labor Code Section 980 governs an employer’s access to employees’ private social media accounts. Section 980 prohibits an...
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Carla V. Minnard
- Mar 10, 2017
- 2 min
Follow Oui!
We can learn a lot from the French. And I’m not talking about the obvious things like how to make mouth-watering cheese or stellar...
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