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Effective January 1. California Labor Code Section 2802 requires that employers reimburse employees for any “necessary expenditure or loss incurred by the employee in direct consequence of the discharge of the employee’s duties.” The California legislature has decided to clarify that obligation for acute care hospitals to address the shortage of health care professionals and to relieve employees from the costs of employer-mandated educational programs or trainings. Assembly Bill No. 2588,...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 21, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) set forth its plans to amend the state’s clean air rules to adopt Low-Emission Vehicles (LEV) and Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEV) standards, known as the Clean Cars Minnesota rule.  As described in MPCA’s Notice of Intent to Adopt Rules with a Hearing, the LEV standard would require automobile manufacturers to deliver for sale in Minnesota only those vehicles that can mee...

Print Earlier this year, the city of San Diego filed a lawsuit against San Diego Gas & Electric in a dispute over the utility’s underground infrastructure obstructing the construction of a $1.4 billion water recycling project. Now, a second and separate lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a San Diego resident claiming an agreement between the city and SDG&E to help get the project started is illegal. At issue is the Pure Water San Diego Program, a project designed to reduce ocean pollution an...

Agriculture your username November 16, 2020 Agro Dynamics, LLC filed an amended complaint on Friday in a suit alleging that the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the County of San Diego violated constitutional rights by destroying $3.45 million of its hemp plants which were purportedly grown lawfully.  The amended complaint added causes of action citing violations of the United States Constitution, the California Constitution, breaches of United States and California Code...

Preliminary Agenda for the Meeting of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee Virtual Meeting The preliminary agenda for this meeting is given below.  The order of items on the agenda is provided for general reference only.  The order in which items are taken up by the Committee is subject to change at the discretion of the Committee Chair. Welcome and Opening Remarks Staff presentation Committee discussion Committee discussion and recommendation Consent Item - Up...

Update: Cal/OSHA Advisory Meeting Scheduled: The promised Cal/OSHA advisory meeting regarding the recently issued Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) has been scheduled for Dec. 18, 2020, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m PT. Stakeholders can join the meeting via Zoom using the login credentials found here.  Cal/OSHA ETS Modified by Executive Order: In addition, on Dec. 14, 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-84-20 to bring the ETS in line with evolving public health guidance. Specifically, t...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: California trade secret law presents a unique statutory framework among state and federal trade secret laws that requires plaintiffs to identify the misappropriated trade secrets before discovery commences. A previous post explored the genesis and purpose of California Code of Civil Procedure § 2019.210. This post explores three leading California appellate court opinions interpreting the requirements of § 2019.210. Guidance is some...

The worksite’s NAICS code. The employer will be required to continue notifying the local health department of any subsequent laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the workplace. New Authority for OSHA Effective January 1, 2021, and until January 1, 2023, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health will have the authority to determine whether a worksite or any part thereof exposes workers to COVID-19 such that it creates an “imminent hazard.” In response to an “imminent hazard,”...

Thursday, December 10, 2020 2020 has been an unprecedented year in many ways, but one thing that remains constant is the legislatures enactment of new laws that impact employers. Ranging from Covid-19 legislation to revisions to worker classification laws, new reporting requirements, and mandatory additions to boards of directors, below you will find our annual 2021 Employment Law Update. NEW REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR COVID-19 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2021 On September 17, 2020, Governor...

Explain that. >> right. this is definitely not a murder case. this is a manslaughter case because they cant prove she had the intent to kill him. what she did essentially was she did an awful act, administered heroin to him, which is unlawful, and during the course of that he died, and the death resulted. so that is why she is facing a manslaughter charge and not a murder charge. >> if she administered arsenic and it killed him, would that be manslaughter? >> that actually could be murder. that ...