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Effective April 1, 2021, Philadelphia s Fair Criminal Record
Screening Standards Ordinance (FCRSS) will protect not only job
applicants but also current employees, independent contractors and
gig workers.
The FCRSS prohibits employers from inquiring into a
candidate s criminal history until after a conditional
employment decision has been made. Under the amended FCRSS,
employers cannot automatically exclude applicants
or
current employees, independent contractors and gig workers with
criminal conviction records from a job or class of jobs. Instead,
employers must make an individualized assessment of the
relationship between the conviction and the particular position,
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California Labor Code Section 925 prohibits employers from requiring
employees who reside and work primarily in California, as a
condition of employment, to agree to any provision that would
require the employee to litigate outside California any claim
arising in California, or that would deprive the employee of the
benefit of California law with respect to any claim arising in
California. Under Section 925, any such provision is voidable by
the employee and if the employee exercises her right to void the
provision, then any such claim shall be adjudicated in California
Scores of California employers are putting the finishing touches on their pay data reports in light of the March 31, 2021 Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) filing deadline
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As the National Labor Relations Board transitions from a
Republican-majority to a Democrat-majority, the Board s sole
Democrat, Chairman McFerran, continues to provide a window into
what the future is likely to look like under a Biden Board. This
blog is another in a multi-part series discussing how Chairman
McFerran s dissents may become the law once President Biden
appoints new Board members and the Democrats are in the majority.
Another example of this appears in the Board s March 18, 2021
decision,
Dish Network, LLC, which considered the
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(March 29, 2021) - Under the American
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), assistance eligible individuals
(AEIs) are entitled to have their COBRA premium payments fully
subsidized for the period between April 1, 2021 and September 30,
2021 (the subsidy period ). The subsidy applies to group
medical, dental, and vision benefit plans but not healthcare
flexible spending arrangements (health FSAs). Employers will be
fully reimbursed for all COBRA premiums they front under ARPA
through a tax credit on their quarterly payroll tax filings.
AEIs consist of employees involuntarily terminated for reasons