California's Controversial and Unprecedented New Law Creates "Selective" Minimum Wage For Fast Food Workers and Council to Oversee Franchise Owners.

California has enacted a new law that creates a “selective” minimum wage by creating a minimum wage only for fast food workers. In the span of less than seven months, California fast food workers will receive a $4.50 per hour pay increase. In January of 2024, all other California employees working for minimum wage will receive a pay increase of a mere $0.50 per hour. Fast food employees are clearly receiving a windfall, and fast food employers will now be forced to deal with added rules, regulation, and oversight due to the creation of the fast food council.

Employers, Employment, RestaurantsKathleenNovember 7, 2023Fast Food Franchisor Responsibility Act, AB 1228, Fast Food Council, Fast food minimum wage, minimum wage, minimum wage increase, California minimum wage, $20 minimum wage, Panera, Boudin, employer, employees, Employee lawsuit

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.

Employers, Employment, RestaurantsKathleenSeptember 9, 2023COVID, 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!

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.

Employers, Employment, RestaurantsKathleenSeptember 8, 2023employment discrimination, Employment lawsuit, employer, sexual harassment, sexual discrimination, Civil Rights Act, employment, Employment award, Employee lawsuit, employees

Big and Small Employers Breathe a Sigh of Relief: Employer’s Good Faith Belief That No Wages Were Owed to an Employee Is a Defense to Liability Under Labor Code Sec. 203 and 226.

Recently in February of 2023, in a rare moment of support for the California employer, a California appellate court explicitly held that the employer is not liable for waiting time penalties or wage statement penalties if, at the time, the employer had a good faith dispute as to whether or not the employee was entitled to additional wages.

Employers, EmploymentKathleenMarch 10, 2023Employment lawsuit, employer, employer records, Employee lawsuit, rest and meal breaks, premium pay, wage statements, waiting time penalties, wage statement penalties, good faith belief, good faith dispute

California Employers: California’s New Payscale Transparency Law now requires you to publish how much you pay your employees alongside your job postings! (Part II)

Payscale mandatory! Employers are now required to be transparent with both applicants and current employees as to how much they pay.

Employers, EmploymentWilliam BaileyDecember 9, 2022payscale, job posting, for hire, employer, employer records, Employment lawsuit, employer wage theft, employment, Employee lawsuit

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.”

Employers, Employment, RestaurantsKathleenNovember 2, 2022Fast Recovery Act, fast food, fast food franchise, Fast Food Council, Employment lawsuit, employer, employment discrimination, Employee lawsuit, employment, termination, franchise owners, discrimination, retaliation, Discrimination

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