The California Legislature has enacted several new laws that will impact the workplace in 2023. This Holland & Knight alert provides a brief summary of select employment laws that go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Minimum Wage Increases:As of Jan. 1, 2023, the Cal...
Notify your drug testing vendor to eliminate testing for non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites. Bereavement Who –All California employers with five or more employees What –Effective January 1, 2023, Assembly Bill 1949 requires employers to grant employees five days of unpaid bereavement leave (that ...
Where Cannabis Smells like Big Business ; New California Law on Marijuana Farming Draws Corporate InterestNew rules are making it easier for cannabis farmers to operate,and voters are expected to...Lovett, Ian
Each year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs hundreds of laws passed by the state Legislature. Most take effect Jan. 1 the following year. But sometimes lawmakers will delay a law's effective date for a variety of reasons, including giving people more time to prepare for the new ru...
California’s Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) has set forth proposals aimed at simplifying and streamlining regulations to refine and strengthen...
When 12-year-old Yahushua Robinson died while running during a PE class in triple-digit temperatures, his mother could not help but feel like the tragedy was preventable. Now, a little more than a year later, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill aimed a...
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What do you make of all the legal California products that are for sale on the illicit market in New York? Burner distrosare the bane of our existence. What you’re really asking about is enforcement. And there’s a long history to the difficulty we’ve had with enforcement. ...
July 1 marks not only the beginning of a new fiscal year for the State of California, it's also the day some new laws will go into effect.
1.A Chinese-labeled fumigant found at a Siskiyou County cannabis farm. California National Guard tests on products with the same label found profenofos, taken off the U.S. market decades ago.(Paige St. John / Los Angeles Times) 2.Packets of pesticide-soaked wood with wicks, intended to...