On July 3, 2019 Governor Newsom of California signed into law Senate Bill 188, commonly known as the CROWN Act (Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair). This Act makes California the first state to ban discrimination against Natural Hair. SB 188 went...
Workers protections during the COVID-19 Pandemic and How Employers can Rebut the Presumption COVID-19 has had dramatic effects on the daily lives of Americans, causing many individuals and companies to rethink how they approach the work office environment. As a result...
Camille Joy DeCamp was elected to join Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP as a partner and will be based at the firm’s office in Irvine, CA. Leading the California office, Camille’s practice emphasizes employment and construction law and complex business...
Yesterday, July 14, 2020, Governor Polis Signed into law the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act. The Act goes into effect on January 1, 2021. The Act provides employees in Colorado with basic paid sick leave and additional paid sick leave during a public health...
On June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court, in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, No. 17-1618, held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against workers for being gay or transgender. Justice Neil Gorsuch,...
