The article presents questions and answers related to sexual harassment training regulations approved by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing including the definition of the terms covered employer and supervisor, types of training permitted and subjects that must be covered in the ...
On October 20, 2021, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH)announceda new effort to identify and correct violations of California’s Fair Chance Act in employer job postings and recruitment materials. The Fair Chance Act, also known as the “Ban-the-Box” law...
Employers with 100 or more employees that are required to file the federal EEO-1 report must also submit a pay data report to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) starting March 31, 2021. The report must include the race, ethnicity and gender of employees by job ...
On March 24, 2021, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) announced a new interactive tool for obtaining tailored guidance on job-protected leave for pregnancy-related disability or to bond with a new child. The aptly-named “New-Parents Rights Advisor” is free and...
employees—with at least one employee who works in the state of California—are mandated to report hours-worked and pay data by location, job category, and employee sex, race, and ethnicity to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) on the first day of April each ...
The discrimination lawsuit, filed late Wednesday in Alameda County Superior Court by California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing, was sparked by hundreds of worker complaints, said Kevin Kish, the agency’s head. The department, which enforces state civil rights laws, “found evidence ...
As we reported in a priorclient alert, in 2020, California Governor Newsom signedSB 973, which authorizes the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) to collect an “Annual Pay Data Report,” but the new legislation left a number of critical questions...
A lawyer in the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has resigned after alleging that governor Gavin Newsom interfered with the ongoingActivision Blizzard lawsuit, according to areport from Bloomberg. Recommended Videos Assistant chief counsel Melanie Proctor reportedly emailed he...
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 973 on September 30, which requires private employers in California to submit an annual Pay Data Report to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), with the first report due by March 31, 2021. ...
On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 973 (“SB 973”) into law, which requires employers to submit pay and hours data for various categories of employees to California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”). The stated goals of SB 973 ...