Key Employment Law Developments Employers Should Be Aware of in March 2022
Face mask requirements lifted in Los Angeles. Following the Governor’s executive order lifting indoor mask requirements last month, on March 4, 2022, the County of Los Angeles lifted requirements for people to wear face masks indoors within the County. While masks are strongly recommended, they are no longer required, regardless of vaccine status, in indoor public settings and businesses. However, masks are still required for indoor settings with higher risks for transmission, such as healthcare settings, long term and senior care facilities, correctional facilities, homeless and emergency shelters, and public transit.
California Labor Commissioner fines Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes for $3.3 million for violating COVID-19 right to recall law. Terranea Resort received a citation for violating California’s “Right to Recall” law due to failure to offer 53 employees positions once the resort re-opened after the pandemic. Labor Code section 2810.8 requires employers in the hospitality industry and building services to offer employees their positions back if they were separated from employment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This law applies to hotels and private clubs with 50 or more guest rooms, public and private event centers, airport hospitality operations and service providers.
California’s upcoming pay data reporting deadline –April 1. California employers of 100 or more employees must report pay and hours-worked data by establishment, job category, sex, race, and ethnicity to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) each year by April 1, 2022.
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