Annual Labor Law Seminar

Employers again face a broad set of 2023 employment law developments on top of lingering COVID and economic issues.

To help businesses stay on top of these changes, Napa Chamber of Commerce is pleased to continue its in-person employment-law update covering issues affecting employers of all sizes.

Our presentation will cover new laws for the coming year as well as recent court cases and administrative developments. Some topics include:

• California Family Rights Act Leave Coverage of “Designated Person”
• Similar (but not identical) Paid Sick Leave Coverage of “Designated Person”
• Reproductive Health Decision-making Protection
• Pay Scale and Job Posting Disclosures
• “Emergency Condition” Requirements
• COVID Notification
• COVID Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
• Pandemic, Accommodation, and Vaccination
• Mandatory Bereavement Leave
• California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)
• Human Trafficking Notices
• Liability for “Reckless Disregard” of Human Trafficking
• Labor Peace Agreements and Card Check Elections (Ag Employees)
• Timekeeping and “Rounding” Practices
• Arbitration of Labor Code Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) Claims
• Minimum Wage Increases
• Federal NLRB policies affecting non-union employers

We will cover these and other developments affecting employers in 2023 and beyond.  Bring your questions as well!

Richard Rybicki is an attorney working closely with employers, helping them navigate a vast array of tough workplace issues.  He represents employers in courts and administrative proceedings throughout the United States (and was lead counsel in the first two California PAGA cases). Rick also assists businesses and public entities during union organizing, collective bargaining, and arbitration.  He attended U.C.L.A. and Cambridge, receiving his law degree from Cornell University.