Help! I Have California Employees. What’s New in 2022?
Keeping up to date with new California employment laws is always a challenge. This program highlights key employment law changes in the Golden State since 2020, including laws prohibiting mandatory arbitration, expanding application of California leave to small employers, creating leave entitlement for grandparents, siblings and parent-in-laws, increasing lactation accommodation obligations, banning hairstyle discrimination and implementing a strict A-B-C test to determine independent contractor status. If you have California employees, this program will make sure you know what’s new in the post-COVID-19 workplace. You will also learn tips on documenting California personnel actions so you can defend employee claims in litigation.
Learning Objectives:
- How to comply with new California employment law rules so you can effectively manage employees, reduce organization litigation risk and maximize employee engagement.
- How multi-state employers can use ethical practice in determining how to comply with new California employment law rules which may conflict with and/or significantly expand employee rights in state other than California.
- How to audit the company's compliance with new California employment law rules while utilizing the attorney-client privilege, ensuring legal compliance and mitigating risk.
Brenda S. Kasper, SHRM-SCP, SPHR-CA
Brenda S. Kasper is a founding member of Kasper & Frank LLP, a law firm representing California and multi-state employers for all of their human resources and employment law needs. She regularly advises employers of all sizes on wage and hour compliance, leaves of absence, disability accommodation, reductions in force, terminations and discipline management, employment contracts, personnel policies, and hiring issues. She also provides management and human resources training. Brenda is a former HR director so her legal advice is practical, creative and tailored to each client’s needs. She was the 2015 San Diego SHRM Board President, is an instructor for the HR Certification program at the University of California San Diego Extension and holds her SHRM-SCP and SPHR-California certifications.