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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years and this past month was no exception.
In fact, there were so many significant developments taking place during the past month that we were once again forced to expand our monthly summary well beyond the typical “Top 10” list. In order to make sure that you stay on top of the latest changes, here is a quick review of the Top 13 stories from last month that all employers need to know about:
Thursday, March 11, 2021
On March 2, 2021, the City Council of Santa Ana, California, passed an urgency ordinance establishing premium pay for grocery and retail pharmacy workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Santa Ana is the county seat of Orange County, located southeast of Los Angeles. The ordinance requires that large grocery stores and pharmacies in Santa Ana provide their workers with premium pay of $4.00 for each hour worked. The ordinance went into effect on March 3, 2021, and will expire on June 30, 2021.
Covered Employers and Employees
The ordinance defines covered employers as grocery store or retail pharmacy “hiring entities” that employ more than 300 workers nationally and more than 15 employees per grocery store or pharmacy in the City of Santa Ana. The ordinance defines “grocery store” as “a store that devotes [70] percent … or more of its business to retailing a general range of food products, which may be fresh or packaged, and/or a store t
Friday, February 19, 2021
On February 10, 2021, the City Council of Coachella, California, passed the “Premium Pay for Agricultural, Grocery, Restaurant, and Retail Pharmacy Workers Ordinance.” Coachella is located in Riverside County, California. Other cities in the state that have enacted similar measures in 2021 include Montebello, in Los Angeles County, and Oakland, in Alameda County.
The Coachella ordinance requires employers to provide agricultural, grocery, restaurant, and retail pharmacy workers with premium pay of $4.00 for each hour worked. The ordinance takes effect immediately and expires in 120 days, unless the Coachella City Council extends it.
Covered Employers
Coachella’s ordinance applies to agricultural operations, grocery stores, restaurants, and retail pharmacies.