Year: 2019 | Berry & Fritzinger Law, P.C.

California forms and pamphlets for new hires.

California Required Forms & Pamphlets For New Hires

October 14, 2019
Elizabeth Fritzinger
Employment & Labor Law

If you hire employees in California, then it is time to ensure that you are providing your new employee with California’s mandated forms and pamphlets. Required Forms These forms are REQUIRED for each new hire: I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification. Employers must verify every new hire’s employment eligibility by completing a I-9 within three business days [...]

California’s Independent Contractor Test & What Your Business Must Prove to Pass It

September 29, 2019
Elizabeth Fritzinger
Employment & Labor Law

Last year, the California Supreme Court made it more difficult for a business to classify a service provider as an independent contractor. The question of whether an individual worker should be classified as an employee or independent contractor has considerable significance for businesses. If a worker is classified as an employee, then the employer bears [...]

California Responds to the #MeToo Movement with Several New Laws

September 27, 2019
Elizabeth Fritzinger
Employment & Labor Law

In October 2017, the Harvey Weinstein case grabbed this nation’s attention and led to the #MeToo Movement. Since then, California has passed several laws in direct response to the ongoing concerns of sexual harassment in the work place and gender discrimination. Now is the time to review these laws and to take action to ensure [...]

California Bans Hairstyle Discrimination At Work

September 23, 2019
Elizabeth Fritzinger
Employment & Labor Law

California is the first state to ban workplace discrimination for employees with hairstyles that are associated with race, such as braids, twists and locks. California’s state law provides more protection than Federal law because federal courts have generally held that hair is a characteristic that can be changed; therefore, there is no basis for discrimination [...]

Employers must protect employees from wildfire smoke.

If There is Smoke in the Air, Then Employers Better Be Aware

August 5, 2019
Elizabeth Fritzinger
Employment & Labor Law

California enacted an emergency regulation as of July 29, 2019 which requires employers to proactively protect its employees from exposure to air tainted by wildfire smoke. Specifically, the new rule gives employers three choices: (1) relocate workers to an area with cleaner air, (2) move them into enclosed buildings or vehicles, or (3) provide them [...]

California mandates employers must enroll in certain retirement programs.

California Mandates Certain Employers to Enroll in State Sponsored Retirement Program

June 25, 2019
Elizabeth Fritzinger
Employment & Labor Law

If employers of a certain size do not currently offer their employees a way to save and invest for retirement, then California will soon require these employers to enroll in CalSavers, a state-sponsored retirement program. CalSavers is free for employers and CalSavers takes responsibility for choosing the mutual funds. The CalSavers’ website states in part [...]