Swerdlow Law Firm has received Tier 1 ranking in the 2022 edition of US News – Best Lawyers® list of “Best Law Firms. Swerdlow Florence Sanchez Swerdlow & Wimmer is
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a number of new laws that will affect California employers beginning in 2022. A summary of the significant legislative changes is set forth below. SB
On September 15, 2021, the Ninth Circuit revived parts of a controversial California law that prohibited mandatory employment arbitration agreements. In 2019, California passed AB 51, which prohibited employers from
Millicent Sanchez has been honored seven years in a row for Employment & Labor Law – Management and Labor & Employment – Litigation categories. Janet Swerdlow has been recognized for
On July 15, 2021, the California Supreme Court held that the calculation of premium pay for noncompliant meal, rest, and recovery periods must include not only the employee’s hourly rate
California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (“Standards Board”) voted on June 17, 2021, to approve its latest set of proposed revisions to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s
CalSavers – California’s state-run individual retirement account program for workers whose covered employers do not offer retirement savings plans – is not preempted by the federal law of employee benefits,
On April 16, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newson signed SB 93 into law, which requires certain hospitality industry and commercial business service provider employers, and other related business employers, to
On March 19, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 95, which beginning March 29, 2021, requires employers with more than 25 employees nationwide to provide up to
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”), which President Biden signed into law on March 11, 2021, extends and expands the payroll tax credits for certain COVID-related leaves that
