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In what may be a first in California, the state Legislature
recently passed a law that creates unionlike recall rights for
employees who work for private sector businesses in certain
industries. As COVID-19 infection rates decrease, vaccination rates
rise and businesses continue to reopen and rehire, the state of
California has imposed new rehire obligations on all employers
regardless of size involved in certain businesses. SB 93, recently
signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, requires employers that
own or operate an enterprise in one of six particular
May 7, 2021 It’s not a good vibe right now, said Raman Dhillon, CEO of the California-headquartered North American Punjabi Trucking Association. He was talking about his group s membership s response to the news last week that a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had struck down a lower court s injunction against application of California s A.B. 5 contractor law and its ABC test s application to trucking.
The original suit that was ruled on had been brought by the California Trucking Association, who told
Overdrive it is planning to request what s known as an en banc review, a reconsideration from the entire panel of judges in the Ninth Circuit. As previously reported, from the April 28 ruling on the injunction, CTA has 14 days to seek rehearing. If that request is denied or if the rehearing fails to change the view of the court, it will be a mere seven days from the denial or failure before the injunction lifts.
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As travel begins to resume in California, the Legislature has
imposed additional stringent requirements on employers in the
travel and hospitality industries. Beginning April 16, 2021, Senate Bill 93 will require employers in these
industries to offer job positions back to their laid-off employees
as they become available (within five business days). The bill
creates California Labor Code Section 2810.8 which will not expire
until December 31, 2024. The new section requires covered employers
to recall laid-off employees, in order of seniority, for all
positions for which they are qualified. Employers must make job
On April 16, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 93 into law, a rehiring and retention law which requires employers in certain industries to make written job offers to employees who were laid off because of the impact of COVID-19.
California Legislature has imposed additional stringent requirements on employers in the travel and hospitality industries. Senate Bill 93 will require employers in these industries to offer job positions back to their laid-off employees as they become available