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Fort Worth Weekly By STEVEN MONACELLI AND EDWARD BROWN - Photo by Steven Monacelli. The fate of a community fridge program is in jeopardy due to a 64-year-old law and city zoning codes. “The City of Fort Worth is looking to place restrictions on us that would make the fridge [essentially] inaccessible to the folks who need it,” said the Funkytown Fridge team in a recent Instagram post. The 1956 law is intended to protect children from becoming locked inside refrigerators, and ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 9, 2020, Alberta’s Bill 47, the Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020, received Royal Assent. The legislation replaces Alberta’s current Occupational Health and Safety Act in its entirety, and makes significant amendments to the Alberta Workers’ Compensation Act. Below are some of the most significant takeaways for Alberta employers. A. Joint Health and Safety Committees, Representatives Establishment and Co...

Part 1: New Laws Impacting California Public Agencies for 2021 With the unique challenges that 2020 brought, California lawmakers passed bills that addressed both the State’s ongoing problems, as well as laws responsive to the public health and economic crisis brought by COVID-19 and social justice issues. Public agencies in California were not immune to these critical problems and, as such, some of the new laws directly impact how local government agencies, including cities, counties and sp...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: With the new year comes new laws that affect California employers. The following are the A to Z of changes in the law that may affect your business in 2021. Attorneys Fees for Whistleblower Retaliation and Extended Filing Period for DLSE Claim (AB 1947) This new legislation expressly authorizes a court to award reasonable attorneys fees to a plaintiff who prevails in a “whistleblower” action under Labor Code Section 1102.5. The ne...

Close A bevy of laws go into effect Jan. 1 following California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature in 2020. Here are five pieces of legislation highlighted to keep in mind going into the new year. Archived file photo by Roberto Flores/Palo Verde Valley Times By Uriel Avendano/Times Editor Dec 30, 2020

Slew of Cannabis-Related Bills Filed in Advance of 2021 Texas Legislature December 29, 2020 Marijuana seems to be on the minds of Texas legislators judging from the many cannabis-related bills that have been filed so far in advance of the Texas legislative session that begins in January. Many of the filed bills advocate for the legalization cannabis for medical use but some also call for legalization of recreational marijuana. At least two bills focus specifi...

Service Workers Employers are also required to identify the number of employees by race, ethnicity, and sex whose annual earnings fall within each of the pay bands used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Occupational Employment Statistics survey. To do so, the employer must calculate the total earnings for each employee for the entire reporting year, whether or not the employee worked a full calendar year. Lastly, the report must include the total number of hours each employee worked...

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,...

We are ready to care for patients| CHRISTUS Southeast Texas responds to Gov. Abbotts executive order CHRISTUS is expecting to continue providing services including COVID-19 care, elective surgeries and other procedures that wont deplete any hospital capacity. Author: Kierra Sam (12News) Updated: 5:37 PM CST December 22, 2020 TEXAS, USA — CHRISTUS Southeast Texas is responding to the states executive order  regarding rollbacks and elective surgeries amid the CO...

8 arrested, 650 pot plants seized from Fountain Valley home allegedly used for illegal growing operation Eight suspects from Fountain Valley, Anaheim, Midway City and San Francisco were arrested Dec. 3, after Fountain Valley police executed a search warrant at a residence allegedly being used as a grow house, officials said. (Courtesy of the Fountain Valley Police Department) By Sara CardineStaff Writer  Fountain Valley police have arrested eight individuals on suspicion of running an...