In: December 2019

ASK THE EXPERTS: MANDATORY FLU SHOTS

Answer: While there is no law that prohibits employers from mandating flu shots — and in some states, the law requires all healthcare workers to get flu shots — you should carefully determine if the…

PG&E settlement of $13.5 billion brings some relief, more uncertainty to California fire victims

Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) It’s been a long, painful road for the victims of some of California’s worst fires: the Camp fire of 2018, the Tubbs fire of 2017, the Butte…

California ‘insurer of last resort’ sues the state as crisis deepens in wildfire zones

With thousands of rural Californians losing their homeowners’ insurance because of wildfire risks, the state’s “insurer of last resort” sued its regulator Friday, seeking to block his order requiring the insurer to…

Hourly Threshold Proposed For Gig Workers

As New York lawmakers prepare legislation to regulate the state’s gig economy, one app company has pitched reclassifying workers who put in at least 25 hours a week as full-time employees. Workers…