Governor Gavin Newsome has signed SB 142 into law, which amends Labor Code sections 1030 and 1033 and adds section 1034 pertaining to an employer’s duty to accommodate lactating parents with regards to time and location. California’s Lactation Accommodation law requires employers to develop and implement a lactation accommodation policy complaint with SB 142, including the employee’s right to file […]

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) recently released guidelines for employer anti-retaliation programs. In a January 2017 report, OSHA outlined “five key elements” to an effective anti-retaliation program. Retaliation is taking adverse action against an employee for engaging in a protected activity. Protected activities may occur when an employee reports a workplace injury, raises a concern about a […]