Litigation
Ca. Litig. Rev. 2020
Content
- 2020 Adr Case Review
- Appeals and Writs
- Art Law
- Class Actions: the Many-Headed Hydra of App-Based Driver Classification
- Ethics
- Evidence - Appellate Court Standards of Proof
- Evidence - Trial Court Burdens of Proof
- Insurance Law
- Intellectual Property
- Justice Carol a. Corrigan
- Masthead
- Military and Veterans in the Law, 2020
- Table of Contents
- Employment Law: Statutory and Regulatory Changes
Employment Law: Statutory and Regulatory Changes
By Kathleen A. Brewer
From the COVID-19 pandemic to the plague of wage disparity, the California Legislature addressed many critical employment issues in 2020.1 Curbing the spread of COVID-19 in California’s workplaces was chief among lawmakers’ concerns. This article summarizes the results of a massive legislative and regulatory effort to inhibit the spread of coronavirus in places of employment. In addition to pandemic-related legislation, lawmakers passed bills that expanded the California Family Rights Act to cover small employers, imposed meticulous pay data reporting requirements on large employers, and revised AB 5’s independent contractor analysis. This article recaps those and other legislative changes.
Covid-related Changes
Unless otherwise noted, the provisions discussed below became operative on January 1, 2021.