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Dec 5, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Andrea Chavez |Rachel Conn
On November 15, 2024, Nevada adopted a heat-illness regulation (R131-24AP) designed to protect workers from rising temperatures. Nevada’s new regulation reflects a growing trend among states implementing measures to protect workers from heat illness. In July 2024, California introduced an indoor heat illness regulation, building on its long-standing outdoor heat illness requirements. For more details on the California regulation, check out our blog post.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Andrea Chavez |Aaron R. Gelb
Employment discrimination in the workplace is alive and well. Indeed, according to Monster’s recent Workplace Discrimination Poll, only 9% of workers claim to have NOT faced some form of workplace discrimination. There have been a host of developments federally that address discrimination issues. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its Strategic Enforcement Plan for Fiscal Years 2024 –2028, establishing the EEOC’s subject matter priorities for the next few years.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Andrea Chavez |Rachel Conn |Samuel Rose
The state of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, is perhaps the most aggressive and enforcement-heavy approved state OSH Program in the nation. California employers face a host of requirements that other employers around the country do not. Likewise, the Cal/OSHA inspection and appeal process creates several unique landmines for California employers. Join us for our annual review of all things Cal/OSHA.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Anthony Casaletta |Andrea Chavez |Eric Conn
Conn Maciel Carey LLP's Cal/OSHA and California Employment Law Summit is an in-person program conducted by the California-based attorneys in CMC's national OSHA • Workplace Safety and Labor • Employment Practice Groups, to update California employers on important developments involving workplace safety and health and employment law issues in California.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Andrea Chavez |Rachel Conn
On September 4, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the New York Retail Worker Safety Act (S8358C/A8947C), a measure designed to enhance the safety of retail workers and address the growing concerns of workplace violence in retail environments. Most provisions of the law will take effect on March 1, 2025, 180 days after its enactment. ApplicabilityThe law applies to employers with at least 10 retail employees, defined as those working in a retail store for the employer.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Andrea Chavez |Rachel Conn
We recently attended the “Heat Illness Prevention for Indoor and Outdoor Workers – What Employers Need to Know” presentation put on by Cal/OSHA’s Consultation Unit to get an idea of how Cal/OSHA plans to interpret and enforce their new regulation (Section 3396). The presentation started with an emphasis on the seriousness of heat illness, noting that heat illness is the leading climate-related killer, with over 1,000 worker heat-related illnesses in California each year.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Andrea Chavez |Eric Conn |Rachel Conn
Conn Maciel Carey LLP's 2ndAnnual Cal/OSHA and California Employment Law Summit is an in-person program conducted by the California-based attorneys in CMC's national OSHA Workplace Safety and Labor Employment Practice Groups, to update California employers on important developments involving workplace safety and health and employment law issues in California.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Andrea Chavez |Rachel Conn |Samuel Rose
August 21st, 2024
10:00 AM PT
Cal/OSHA has emerged from the pandemic with new tools, resources, and energy for enforcement efforts. As the agency increases its inspections and implements more thorough inspection strategies, it is more important than ever for employers to be prepared for Cal/OSHA inspections. This webinar provides employers with the knowledge and tools they need to prepare for and manage a successful Cal/OSHA inspection.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Andrea Chavez |Rachel Conn |Samuel Rose
March 20, 2024 Andrea Chavez, Rachel Conn, Samuel Rose, Megan Shaked, Fred Walter Conn Maciel Carey LLP + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: May 22nd, 2024 1:00 PM EST As we near the half-way mark through 2024, join us as we take stock of what has happened at Cal/OSHA in the first few months of the year. We’ll cover new developments and agency priorities for the remainder of 2024 and beyond. Participants in this...
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Andrea Chavez
On January 18, 2024, the California Supreme Court made a significant ruling in the case of Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., finding that the trial court lacked the inherent authority to dismiss a California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claim based on manageability grounds. Manageability considerations are often used in the class action context, but the Supreme Court has now found it has no applicability in the PAGA context.
