May 06th, 2016/By Admin/In Blog
The following update for California employers is brought to you by Firm Partner Sherry B. Shavit. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented, please contact Ms. Shavit direct at telephone number (818) 205-9955; or via email to sshavit@tharpe-howell.com.
Disability Compensation Increases
Last month, I reported that Assembly Bill 908 was placed on Governor Brown’s desk, seeking to revise the formula for determining disability benefits available under the unemployment disability benefits law and the family temporary disability insurance program. Read More
April 07th, 2016/By Admin/In Blog
The following article on New Regulations and Case Law affecting California employers is brought to you by Firm Partner Sherry B. Shavit. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented, please contact Ms. Shavit direct at telephone number (818) 205-9955; or via email to sshavit@tharpe-howell.com.
Minimum Wage is on the Rise!
On April 4, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown enacted Senate Bill No. 3, to gradually increase the minimum wage for workers in California up through 2023. Read More
March 07th, 2016/By Admin/In Blog
By Sherry B. Shavit.
The first quarter of 2016 has been busy for federal agencies that are working to implement President Obama’s employment-related objectives, from gender pay equity to an overtime exemption overhaul. The following is a summary of some of the more notable pending regulations. The comment period for some of these proposed regulations is still open – have your voice heard and submit any concerns you have through the Federal eRulemaking Portal, http://www.regulations.gov. Read More
February 01st, 2016/By Admin/In Blog, Newsletter
Tharpe & Howell, LLP, endeavors to keep its clients and colleagues abreast of important new law. The attached article entitled California Reverses Course was written by Firm attorney Eric Kunkel to make insurance and legal professionals aware of recent authority which changes the legal landscape as it relates to the assignment of insurance benefits sought by health care providers. While prior authority generally held such assignments to be invalid, the California Supreme Court has now reversed that authority and concluded such assignments are valid as long as they are given after the insured has suffered a loss. Read More
October 15th, 2015/By Admin/In Blog
This employment law update is brought to you by Firm Partner Sherry B. Shavit.
The year 2015 was not the worst, but not the best, year for employers in California. Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a number of bills that private employers should be aware of, the majority of which go into effect on January 1, 2016:
- SB 358 – Equal Pay Amendments: California’s Equal Pay statute (Labor Code §1197.5) has been amended to become “the strongest equal pay law in the nation,” according to Governor Brown.
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