On July 13th two of the largest school districts in California, Los Angeles Unified School District and San Diego Unified School District announced that the school year would start in August with students attending virtually – only. They have been joined by several school districts in Orange County, San Francisco , and Sacramento.

Kristel B. Haddad
Kristel B. Haddad is a principal in the Los Angeles, California, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Kristel represents employers and individual defendants in a broad range of employment litigation including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, leaves of absence, failure to provide reasonable accommodations, and unfair business practices. She also handles class action wage and hour lawsuits and other complex employment litigation matters.
Pending Legislation Seeks to Limit Penalties for Employers in California
As California proceeds through the stages of reopening businesses in the wake of the COVID19 pandemic, the California state legislature is considering various bills to lighten the load for employers as they attempt to recover from the various degrees of business closures. One such bill is Assembly Bill 2457. Though the bill was introduced in…