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Huntington Beach City Council Bans Any Future Mask Mandates and Vaccine Mandates
Huntington Beach City Council Bans Any Future Mask Mandates and Vaccine Mandates

COVID-19 is in the news again, and many businesses and schools are bringing back the mask requirements. Employers may be interested to know that the city council in Huntington Beach, California votes to ban mask and COVID-19 vaccination mandates in the city. With such a staunch stand against COVID restrictions, local employers may be hard pressed to require masks and proof of vaccination.

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Employers, Employment, RestaurantsKathleenCOVID, Covid-19, vaccination, mask, Huntington Beach, Employment lawsuit, employer, employees, Employee lawsuit, employment, employment discrimination, pandemic, Covid
Ninth Circuit Requires Employers to Micromanage All Employee Actions- Including What Songs to Play on the Loudspeakers!
Ninth Circuit Requires Employers to Micromanage All Employee Actions- Including What Songs to Play on the Loudspeakers!

Employers can be held liable for sexual harassment based on the type of music that is played in the workplace for all to hear. Sexual harassment is now so broadly defined that the music does not need to target any one person and can be simultaneously offensive to both men and women. Employers should regulate the type of music employees may be allowed to play in the workplace – or limit the type of music to a predetermined list of songs or music channel.

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Employers, Employment, RestaurantsKathleenemployment discrimination, Employment lawsuit, employer, sexual harassment, sexual discrimination, Civil Rights Act, employment, Employment award, Employee lawsuit, employees
Ringing in the New Year with Higher Hourly Rates: California’s Statewide Minimum Wage Set to Rise to $15.50 For ALL Employers on January 1, 2023.
Ringing in the New Year with Higher Hourly Rates: California’s Statewide Minimum Wage Set to Rise to $15.50 For ALL Employers on January 1, 2023.

Beginning on January 1, 2023, minimum wage is set to increase to $15.50 per hour for all California employers- regardless of size. Small businesses will now be paying employees $1.50 more per hour, which is approximately a 10% raise.

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Employers, Employment, RestaurantsKathleenminimum wage, minimum wage increase, hourly rates, California hourly rates, California minimum wage, Federal minimum wage, California employer requirements, California employers
California Employers: California increased your record keeping responsibilities by requiring annual pay reports and will impose heavy fines for your failure to keep up! (Part I)
California Employers: California increased your record keeping responsibilities by requiring annual pay reports and will impose heavy fines for your failure to keep up! (Part I)

California’s new payscale transparency law now requires employers to also keep keep records and submit an annual pay data report on race, ethnicity, sex, and pay. If employers fail to file annual pay data reports, they may be hit with hefty fines.

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Employers, Employment, RestaurantsKathleensb 1162, pay data reports, EEO-1, employer records, California employment records, California employer requirements, California employer recordkeeping, race pay data report, ethnicity pay data report, sex pay data report, salary range, payscale
California’s FAST Recovery Act Ties the Employers’ Hands During Termination: Employees enjoy broad protection against Employer Action (Part IV).
California’s FAST Recovery Act Ties the Employers’ Hands During Termination: Employees enjoy broad protection against Employer Action (Part IV).

The FAST Recovery Act gives franchise employees broad protection and more ammunition in discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuits against employers. Employers have their hands tied and are specifically prohibited from taking adverse action against employees who are engaged in “protected activity.”

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Employers, Employment, RestaurantsKathleenFast Recovery Act, fast food, fast food franchise, Fast Food Council, Employment lawsuit, employer, employment discrimination, Employee lawsuit, employment, termination, franchise owners, discrimination, retaliation, Discrimination
California's New FAST Recovery Act Hurts More Than It Helps: Replacing Workers and Raising Food Prices (Part III).
California's New FAST Recovery Act Hurts More Than It Helps: Replacing Workers and Raising Food Prices (Part III).

The FAST Recovery Act negatively affects fast food employees, their families, and all consumers as a whole. In fact, the new law will likely hasten the replacement of the very employees it purports to protect as employers implement more automated procedures to cut costs. In addition, the new law will likely result in the rise of fast food prices, negatively affecting all consumers- especially those consumers who rely on the low fast food prices.

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Employers, Employment, RestaurantsKathleenFast Recovery Act, fast food, Fast Food Council, fast food franchise, minimum wage, Employment lawsuit, employer, Employee lawsuit, employer wage theft, Employment award, employment, franchise owners