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On June 16, 2020, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released a checklist for employers experiencing an outbreak of COVID-19 in their workplace with the following: How to prepare for identification of COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace. How to prepare to share information with the local health department and other stakeholders. Understanding requirements for
Here’s some news for California employers and employees wrestling with the question of how to return to work. Recently, California’s state agency in charge of administering unemployment benefits, the Employment Development Department (“EDD”), issued a new set of general guidance (here) regarding employees who refuse to return to work as businesses reopen across the state.
On June 18 Governor Gavin Newson signed a statewide executive order requiring people to wear face coverings (e.g., masks) in both indoor and outside locations where social distancing is not feasible. According to the Governor’s office, the goal is “to reduce the release of infectious particles into the air when someone speaks, coughs, or sneezes,
Each year, regional affiliates, including PIASC, conduct a detailed survey of the wages, benefits, and human resources policies of the printing, packaging, and related industries. This is the most comprehensive industry survey of its kind! Data is collected nationwide, and then reported at a very granular level. The top three reasons to participate You’ll get
Question: Can we screen employees returning to work for COVID-19? And the related: Can we tell employees who travel to stay home and quarantine, even if they don’t have symptoms? Answer: Yes. However, given the widespread community transmission in the United States, an individual who has traveled may pose no more risk than someone who
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect January 1, 2020. The CCPA regulates how companies handle personal information, creates new rights for California consumers, and imposes requirements on organizations that collect, store, and sell Californians’ personal information. The final regulation has now been submitted to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) for approval.
As business leaders begin reopening efforts, we all need to continue to take the COVID-19 threat seriously and take every precaution to help reduce the risk its spread to both customers and employees. Per the CDC’s guidance, all businesses should enforce hand washing, covering coughs and sneezes, and employ the use of face masks and
You could call it a comeback. After dominating design in the ’90s and early 2000s, gradients took a backseat to flat design elements. But as companies adopted UX/UI design practices, gradients returned as a way to enhance usability. Designers have picked up the ball and are running with it – they’re experimenting with gradients in
Virginia is on the cusp of creating the nation’s first pandemic workplace safety requirements for employers, a standard that many in the occupational safety and health community expect could be a model for other state-operated Occupational Safety and Health Administrations to follow. With no signs that Fed-OSHA is looking to develop similar regulations, some state
As more of America’s workers were asked to work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cyber criminals jumped at the opportunity to take advantage, it seems. Remote work means work being handled on the cloud as employees share files and need a convenient way to access them. But cyber criminals are banking on workers
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