Searching California Law Could Be Tipping P on page 11

Save Reuse Permission Accountability for organizational wellness could be the next evolution in disclosure.

Here are some current and pending laws to keep an eye on (note that remote workers and applicants can sometimes extend a law’s reach).

California Court Ruling Affirms Right to Treat Uber and Lyft Drivers as Contractors Uber, Lyft and other companies secured a victory with a California court ruling that preserves their independent-contractor model in the state and could boost their efforts to maintain that model elsewhere, the Wall Street Journal reports .

Key Takeaways Pay transparency laws vary by location.

Course Regulatory Environments for Benefits Programs Learning the U.S. laws and regulations shaping effective and compliant benefits programs.

The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust guidance provides a potential safe harbor provision that says “an exchange of compensation data may be lawful if an independent third party manages the exchange, and the data is historical, aggregated and anonymized.”

Balance Employer Needs with Privacy According to Suren Agadzhanov, an employment lawyer and partner at H&A Law Office, the legality of workplace surveillance largely hinges on whether the employee has a reasonable expectation of privacy and whether they’ve consented to being monitored.

Tesla to Face La wsuit Alleging Racial Discrimination and Harassment A California state court judge has denied Tesla Inc's request to throw out a lawsuit filed by the state’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) that accuses the electric-vehicle maker of “fostering racial discrimination and harassment at its [Fremont, Calif.] factory,” Bloomberg Law reports .

., voters approved Initiative 82, a ballot measure to increase the minimum wage for tipped workers to $16.10 per hour from the current $5.35 per hour by 2027, matching the floor for non-tipped employees.

H elping employees to understand and identify the value of the ir total rewards (TR) is paramount, said Mindi Cox, c hief m arketing and p eople o fficer at O.C.