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  • New DIR Guidance for Safe Reopening

    At the end of July, the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) released guidance to assist with the safe reopening of businesses in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance covers the following topics: Employer Obligations to Keep the Workplace and Employees Safe Face Coverings Medical Checks Returning to the Worksite Waivers of Liability The... Continue Reading…
    August 11, 2020
  • New DIR Guidance for Safe Reopening

    At the end of July, the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) released guidance to assist with the safe reopening of businesses in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance covers the following topics: Employer Obligations to Keep the Workplace and Employees Safe Face Coverings Medical Checks Returning to the Worksite Waivers of Liability The... Continue Reading
    August 11, 2020
  • Most Counties in California Now Permitted to Move to Accelerated Stage 2 Reopening

    At the beginning of May, California implemented a staged reopening for businesses closed due to the shelter in place orders resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This plan, referred to as the “Resilience Roadmap” allowed for counties to apply for a variance if certain criteria set by the state public health officer are met. The variances... Continue Reading…
    June 4, 2020
  • Most Counties in California Now Permitted to Move to Accelerated Stage 2 Reopening

    At the beginning of May, California implemented a staged reopening for businesses closed due to the shelter in place orders resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This plan, referred to as the “Resilience Roadmap” allowed for counties to apply for a variance if certain criteria set by the state public health officer are met. The variances... Continue Reading
    June 4, 2020
  • Court Holds that Attorney is Not Bound by Confidentiality Provision

    On August 13, 2018, the California Fourth District of Appeal held in Monster Energy Company v. Schechter that an attorney who signed his client’s settlement agreement under the phrase “approved as to form and content” was entitled to the granting of an anti-SLAPP motion in a case against him for breaching the confidentiality provision of...… Continue Reading The post Court Holds that Attorney is Not Bound by Confidentiality Provision appeared first on California Workplace Law Blog.
    August 20, 2018

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