Senate Bill 270 Currently, employers subject to the Educational Employment Relations Act, are required to provide labor representatives with the names, home addresses, job titles, departments, work locations, telephone numbers, and personal email addresses of newly hired employees. This information must be provided within thirty (30) days of hire or by the first pay period…
The California Fourth District Court of Appeals Provides Clarity to California Public Records Act Section 6255 (a) “Catch-All” Exemption In recent months, we have seen a massive surge in requests for “public records” from school districts across the state. Responding to these requests can be burdensome and time consuming, but a clear understanding of the…
The California Fourth District Court of Appeals Provides Clarity to California Public Records Act Section 6255 (a) “Catch-All” Exemption In recent months, we have seen a massive surge in requests for “public records” from school districts across the state. Responding to these requests can be burdensome and time consuming, but a clear understanding of the…
*** Update – June 10, 2021 *** CalOSHA has withdrawn the regulatory package that was anticipated to change employer obligations in responding to COVID-19. DIR reports that the move is in response to updated face-covering guidance from the California Department of Public Health, issued on June 9, 2021. While this makes planning difficult, we will…
Bill Extends California’s COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Law: Summary of New California COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave – What District Employers Need to Know On March 19, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 95, which extends and expands employer requirements to provide supplemental paid sick leave to employees impacted by COVID-19. As…
Lower Threshold for “Immoral Conduct” and Public can Determine “Evident Unfitness for Service” The Court of Appeal recently decided a case on the dismissal of a counselor on grounds of “immoral conduct” and “evident unfitness for service” after she publicly criticized students on social media who boycotted school during a protest. Crawford v. Commission on…
Work from Where – The Long View on WFH Arrangements The phrases “SARS-CoV-2,” “coronavirus,” and “COVID-19” have been burned into our collective memory, but the development of an effective vaccine and diminishment of community transmission vectors means that at some point (probably/hopefully) California will hit Stage 1 on the resilience roadmap. Workers across the state…
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) On March 27, 2020, Congress passed the House Bill 748 (H.R. 748), entitled “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” (or “CARES Act”), a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus package in response to the financial crisis our nation is experiencing as a result of the novel coronavirus,…
Big Changes for Charter Schools Legal Compliance: Meetings, Records, and Conflicts of Interest Beginning January 1, 2020, non-profit public benefit corporations managing charter schools are required to comply with Brown Act open meeting requirements, California Public Records Act production requirements, and Government Code conflict of interest prohibitions for all charter school operations. On March 5,…
Adverse Action Following an Employee’s Exercise of EERA Protected Rights Can Be Evidence of Discrimination, but is Does Not Result in De Facto Immunity to the Employee; PERB Has Discretion to Consider Amended Filings In a recent decision, Padilla v. Adelanto Elementary School District (PERB Decision No. 2630, March 1, 2019), the Public Employment Relations…
