Coronavirus has dramatically interrupted U.S. life, bringing normal routines for many almost to a standstill. The number of confirmed domestic cases of coronavirus COVID-19 has soared in recent days, with California facing the third-most cases among states, according to tracking by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Given this stark reality, workers face tough choices. Here’s a rundown of what your employer can — or can’t — make you do on the job, … [Read more...]
New decade, new worries: Cyber security concerns rise
Cyber threats have business risk management experts more nervous than ever before a pair of new surveys finds. For employees, this indicates the need that increasing numbers of employers take seriously their responsibility guarding personal information, but it also means the threat has grown. Heading into 2020, 39 percent of risk management experts responding to the Allianz Risk Barometer ranked cyber incidents as the most important business risk globally — for the first time pushing that … [Read more...]
AB5 in Action: Criticism and Conflict During the First Month
While it remains uncertain how Assembly Bill 5 will influence employer-employee relationships long-term, we now have insight to the immediate impact on the California workforce. Since going into effect on January 1, the law has been the subject of national scrutiny and met with a number of lawsuits from industries including trucking, media, and technology. Aimed to prevent worker misclassification, the law codifies the landmark California Supreme Court Dynamex decision making it very … [Read more...]
Healthcare Data Breaches Continue to Rise – What’s at Risk for You?
While HIPAA Journal has reported an ascending trend over nearly the past decade in healthcare data breaches, 2019 has seen the industry reporting record numbers. A historic number of records have been exposed daily, trending at a rate of one (occasionally even two) data breaches per day. The resulting 31.6 million healthcare records breached from January 2019 to June 2019 is double the number exposed for all of 2018. Since then July and August claimed gold and silver medals, respectively, … [Read more...]
Recent Rulings Support All Off-The-Clock Work Must Be Paid – No Matter How Small
If timekeeping procedures have you fulfilling work duties after clocking out, even for a matter of minutes, courts indicate they are backing your right for compensation. While employers have previously used the federal de minimis doctrine as an excuse to not compensate employees for lcertain tasks (such as store closing procedures) that are required of employees after clocking out, recent rulings indicate California employees are entitled to compensation – no matter how brief the work. The … [Read more...]
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