Are You Ready for California’s SB 1162 Pay Transparency Law? Under this sweeping new pay transparency law, California employers must meet certain pay transparency standards. Employers must be in compliance with the new law by January 1, 2023. SB 1162 also introduces a new, first-of-its-kind requirement for any California employers with 100 or more employees: mean and median pay reporting…
California employers are already familiar with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which is a privacy law that went into effect on January 1, 2020. However, in November 2020, California voters approved Proposition 24, otherwise known as the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). As an initial matter, the CPRA does not displace the CCPA, but rather amends and expands it.…
As we near the end of 2022, California employers brace themselves for they have come to face what is known as a perennial flood of new employment laws and changes to existing laws and regulations affecting the workplaces statewide. With the COVID-19 pandemic beginning to drop from the top of lawmakers’ employment law agendas, there has been no shortage…
At Thakur Law Firm, we see a lot of businesses make the same legal mistakes over and over again. While some of these mistakes are more serious than others, they can all end up costing your business time and money. To help you avoid these pitfalls, our team has put together a list of the four most common legal mistakes…
As of August 4, 2022, the Biden Administration, along with similar announcements from states and local health departments, has declared Monkeypox to be a national health emergency. With the COVID-19 pandemic still an active concern, employers are facing yet another health situation, raising new questions about how to respond and what steps to take to protect their employees and customers.…
On July 7, 2022, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal-OSHA”) voted to adopt its latest revisions to the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards, which became effective by way of Governor Newsom’s immediate signing an executive order waiving the normal 10-day waiting period required for new or revised regulations. Cal-OSHA’s revisions effectively withdrew its previously adopted rules that…
Agreeing with others is sometimes difficult in our daily lives. Now imagine how difficult it can get when more than two people manage a company. An operating agreement can avoid conflicts and misunderstandings by outlining the rules of the company and the roles of each member. If you are planning to be part of a limited liability company (LLC),…
Los Angeles, CA, April 27, 2022 – It was a cause for celebration for Bella All Natural, Inc. and its young dynamic entrepreneur owner Daisy Cabral, when over three years of intense litigation finally came to an end in a highly publicized case in Spanish language media outlets. On April 27, 2022, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Laura A.…
If you’re a physician running your own medical office, you know that the success of your practice is more than just about seeing patients. One of the most important aspects of having your own practice is keeping up with any new laws and legal changes. California passed multiple laws affecting medical practices in late 2021 and early 2022. Now…
FULLERTON, Calif. (March 23, 2022) –Under California Health and Safety Code §1644.3 (CH&SC §1644.3), such a law allows for donor conceived individuals, who when they turn 18, to get identifying information on the donor from gamete banks. Although there is no clear law stating that fertility clinics must keep their records infinitely, California Health and Safety Code § 1644.3…