New Labor Code Section 218.17 (AB 1701) makes a general contractor jointly liable for the unpaid wages, fringe benefits, or other benefit payments or contributions of a subcontractor (at any tier). Labor Code 218.7 provides “down-the-chain protection” to a...
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No Smoking, and/or Vaping at Work Laws (Labor Code §6404.5)
Under Lab C §6404.5, no employer may knowingly or intentionally permit, and no person may engage in, smoking of tobacco products in an enclosed space at a place of employment. Does this apply to vaping? Why not? The potential penalties for violations include a fine...
Gender Pay Discrimination “big picture same pay for same work” (Labor Code §1197.5)
Labor Code §1197.5. bars employers from paying employees less than other employees of the opposite sex for substantially similar work regardless of their job titles or the location where they work. Current law prohibits an employer from paying an employee less than...
Cheerleaders are employees!! (Labor Code 2754)
Yaaay! Lets hear it for the lawyers! Cheerleaders are not classified as employees. Labor Code 2754. Note, this only helps California based team cheerleaders. Assembly Women Lorena Gonzalez, was the sponger of this bill. Lorena was a Stanford cheerleader, she is...
Grocery Store Workers Protected from Termination for 90 days after merger (Labor Code §2504)
For the first 90 days after a grocery store is sold to a new owner, grocery store workers cannot be fired. AB359 codified as Labor Code §2500, et seq. The store must be at least 15,000 square feet.