Additional Guidance on the Family First Coronavirus Response Act

By Tod C. Gurney | Published March 26, 2020 | Posted in Employee Rights, Employment Issues, Employment Law | Comments Off on Additional Guidance on the Family First Coronavirus Response Act

Additional Guidance on the Family First Coronavirus Response Act Last week, we wrote about the passage of the Family First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). As mentioned in that piece, the FFCRA stated that various federal agencies would be issuing additional guidelines as a means of clarifying the new, sweeping law. On Tuesday, March 24, 2020, the Read More

Cal-WARN Suspended: Guidance For Employers

By leslieburkhammer | Published March 23, 2020 | Posted in Employee Rights, Employment Issues, Employment Law, WARN Act | Comments Off on Cal-WARN Suspended: Guidance For Employers

Cal-WARN Suspended: Guidance For Employers Due to Executive Order N-33-20 (“Stay At Home Order”) and the economic downturn caused by COVID-19, many businesses are being forced to close or lay off workers. When either occurs, employers must give careful attention to notice obligations under the federal WARN Act (“WARN”) and its state equivalent, Cal-WARN. WARN Read More

Deploying Force Majeure Clauses in the Age of COVID-19

By Andrea Nocito | Published March 20, 2020 | Posted in Business, Civil Litigation | Comments Off on Deploying Force Majeure Clauses in the Age of COVID-19

Deploying Force Majeure Clauses in the Age of COVID-19 As a result of the continuing coronavirus pandemic more commonly referred to as COVID-19, nearly a dozen county public health departments across California including seven counties in the San Francisco Bay Area have issued a shelter-in-place order (“Order” or “Orders”) lasting through at least April 7, Read More

Families First Coronavirus Response Act – What We Know (So Far)

By Tod C. Gurney | Published March 20, 2020 | Posted in Employment Issues, Employment Law | Comments Off on Families First Coronavirus Response Act – What We Know (So Far)

Families First Coronavirus Response Act – What We Know (So Far) On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), which will go into effect by no later than April 2, 2020. The FFCRA creates two new forms of paid leave benefits for employees impacted by the COVID-19 or “Coronavirus” Read More

California Employer Guidelines on COVID-19 Part II: What should business owners do now?

By Andrea Nocito | Published March 17, 2020 | Posted in Employment Issues, Employment Law | Comments Off on California Employer Guidelines on COVID-19 Part II: What should business owners do now?

California Employer Guidelines on COVID-19 Part II: What should business owners do now? As a California employer, you likely have questions about how best to respond to COVID-19, how to continue to serve your customers, how to keep your employees safe, and what to do about new regulations and orders from local, state, and federal Read More

California Employer Guidelines on COVID-19 Part 1

By leslieburkhammer | Published March 16, 2020 | Posted in Employment Issues, Employment Law | Comments Off on California Employer Guidelines on COVID-19 Part 1

California Employer Guidelines on COVID-19 Part 1 This is the first of two blogs that we wanted to share with our clients and friends of the firm to help with the next few weeks of “lock downs” and “closures.” The spread of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) remains a significant concern in the workplace. Employers are faced Read More

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