Effective July 1, 2015, amendments to the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) have gone into effect which increase an employer’s duties and rights under the CFRA and clarify the regulations. Many of the changes are aimed at more closely aligning the CFRA with the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which should make compliance with ...
Mark Woo-Sam, 46, has been appointed acting general counsel of the Agricultural Labor Relations Board effective July 1. The appointment follows the announcement that embattled ALRB General Counsel Sylvia Torres-Guillen has taken a position as Special Counsel to Governor Brown. Woo-Sam has served as general counsel at the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) since ...
Significant amendments to California’s Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, also known as the California Paid Sick Leave Law, went into effect immediately after Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 304 into law on July 13, 2015. Key provisions of the amendment affect calculation of the rate of pay, method of accrual of paid leave, ...