Charles Thompson

Jan 10, 2025 | ogletree.com | Charles Thompson |Karen F. Tynan |Catherine L. Hazany |Zachary Zagger

Quick HitsWildfires sweeping through the Los Angeles area have prompted evacuation orders affecting tens of thousands of residents and creating dangerous conditions for travel. Employers affected by the disaster may need to consider their emergency preparedness plans, immediate workplace safety risks, and employment and staffing concerns while maintaining critical business functions.

Jan 6, 2025 | natlawreview.com | Charles Thompson

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Dec 11, 2024 | ogletree.com | Charles Thompson

Quick HitsCalifornia’s minimum wage will increase from $16.00 to $16.50 per hour. New legislation clarifies that employers may not discriminate against workers because they have a combination of protected characteristics or do not have a driver’s license. California employers will no longer be allowed to hold captive-audience meetings to discuss union organizing. Minimum WageOn January 1, 2025, California’s minimum wage will rise from $16.00 to $16.50 per hour for all employers, regardless of size.

Nov 20, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Charles Thompson

California voters narrowly rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage for some employees to $18.00 per hour by January 1, 2025, and for all California employees by January 1, 2026. This reportedly is the first rejection of a minimum wage ballot measure in the state’s history. California voters turned down a measure to increase the minimum wage to $18.00 per hour for all employees across the state by January 1, 2026.

Oct 7, 2024 | ogletree.com | Christopher W. Olmsted |Charles Thompson |Emily Harvin

Quick Hits Newly enacted AB 2499 expands the FEHA by making it unlawful to discriminate or retaliate against an employee for taking time off from work for jury duty or to comply with a subpoena or other court order as a witness in a judicial proceeding, or, if the employee is a victim (i.e., an individual against whom a “qualifying act of violence” has been committed) or has a family member who is a victim, for taking time off to obtain relief or for other related reasons, as enumerated in...