We are certainly living in different times—times that are difficult to predict and even harder to plan for. Challenges originating far outside our professional world are quickly impacting our day-to-day operations and, ultimately, your business. Throughout 2026, suppliers across the industry have...

Just this month, the California state legislature passed Senate Bill No. 616 (SB 616), an amendment to the 2014 Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act to set a statewide minimum standard for Paid Sick Leave. This is in response to local communities who, in recent years, across California have...

On February 9, 2022, Governor Newsom signed the new COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law (SB-114), which is retroactive to January 1, 2022 and extends through September 30, 2022. Similar to the previous law that provided COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave and expired last year, the new...

The word “brand” is notoriously difficult to define in marketing. If we were talking about a ranch brand—the kind seared onto livestock to signify ownership—that’s easy to understand. But in marketing, a brand is not a physical thing. It’s a symbolic construct. It’s not the label on the bottle or...

It is time to dust off the employee handbook, review your policies and procedures, and make sure they comply with all the new laws, regulations, and interpretations that went into effect during 2025, became effective in late 2025, or January 1, 2026. Below, we have identified our “top 10” changes....

Event Type: Seminar

Location: Rohnert Park, CA + Zoom

Date: 1/13/2026

Join us In-Person or Remotely by Zoom. Topics: AI Transparency Law for Employment Decisions Notice to Employees of Immigration Rights Ban on "Stay-or-Pay" Employee Debt Repayment Limitation Expanded Paid Sick and Safe Time Treble Damages for Unpaid Labor Commissioner Awards and more! Schedule 8:30...

Achoo! Guess what can cost you $2,495 per employee? It’s that time of year for the Flu and many other viruses to hit your employees and knock them off line for several days or longer. Already, doctors and hospitals are reporting more flu-like illnesses. Why should you care? Because poor employee...

We want to make you aware of a new requirement for California employers that took effect on July 1, 2025. The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) has released the official “Survivors of Violence and Family Members of Victims Right to Leave and Accommodations” notice. Employers are now required...

Although the CDC shortened quarantine and isolation periods on December 27, 2021 (to five days), it was unclear as to what California employers should do since Cal/OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standards provided for longer periods (10 days). On January 5, 2022, Cal/OSHA updated its FAQs on COVID-19...

CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT ADDS TO COST OF DOING BUSINESS BY REQUIRING EMPLOYERS TO PAY FOR MISSED BREAKS AT A HIGHER RATE OF PAY On July 15, 2021, the California Supreme Court decided in Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC, that employers must pay premium payments to employees for missed meal, rest,...