The Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Health issued a press release on June 28, 2021 strongly recommending that everyone, regardless of their vaccination status, wear masks indoors in public places, including workplaces, to protect against the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19. This change was prompted by the drastic increase in
On May 18, 2021, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed an urgency ordinance related to paid leave for COVID-19 vaccinations. The law only applies to employers in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. It provides additional time off for full- and part-time employees who have exhausted time off under California’s 2021 COVID-19
On December 2, 2020, the City of Los Angeles issued a Targeted Safer at Home Order (the “Order”). The Order provides that, “subject only to the exceptions outlined in this Order, all persons living within the City of Los Angeles are hereby ordered to remain in their homes.” The exceptions include a list of 26
The COVID-19 Worker Retention Ordinance requires employers who acquire a business, whether by sale, transfer, or otherwise, to give priority to the employees of the original business when hiring. Note this ordinance only applies to certain airport, hotel, event center, and commercial property employers. Read more
The City of Los Angeles enacted two new ordinances that will become effective on June 14, 2020. The COVID-19 Right of Recall Ordinance requires certain employers to give priority to previously laid off workers when they are ready to expand their workforce as restrictions are loosened with the Safer-At-Home Order. Note this ordinance only applies
Los Angeles County enacted an ordinance on April 29, 2020, effective immediately, that requires employers with 500 or more employees nationally to provide supplemental paid sick leave to qualifying employees for COVID-19-related reasons. These employers with employees working within the geographic boundaries of the unincorporated areas of the county will need to review this new
Los Angeles County announced a Roadmap to Recovery allowing certain non-essential businesses to reopen for curbside pickup with adherence to distancing and infection control protocols as of May 8, 2020. Los Angeles County will also allow certain outdoor parks and recreational facilities to open provided all activities adhere to distancing and infection control procedures. A