Today, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an Executive Order (EO) creating a rebuttable presumption thata worker who is working outside the home at the direction of their employer and who contracts COVID-19 incurs a work-related injury for purposes of workers’...

Our goal is to keep you informed of what new orders may be coming from the Governor. CPSA’s Government Relations Director, John Norwood, has learned Governor Gavin Newsom is likely to issue a new Executive Order that would create a conclusive presumption that all...

Despite all the scary stuff associated with a highly contagious virus that has shut down most of the United States, along with a large portion of the world, nobody wants to be on unemployment insurance or furloughed, and no business owner wants to shut down or lose...

On April 7, the County of Sacramento released an updated Stay at Home Order. In this updated order, all construction remains as a designated “essential industry,” but an important directive was added.All essential businesses must prepare a “Social Distancing...

This week California Pool & Spa Association (CPSA) kept the pressure up on public health officials and the Governor’s office to clearly and deliberately state pool service and maintenance businesses are essential workers for purposes of the various state and local...

Just as California Pool & Spa Association (CPSA) had completed the work to interpret the various local “Shelter in Place” orders, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a statewide order on March 19. The executive order exempts from the directive individuals “needed to...

The California Pool & Spa Association reminds both commercial and residential swimming pool and spa owners that even in extraordinary circumstances and with the travel and “shelter in place” restrictions relative to the Coronavirus outbreak enacted by federal,...

Assembly Bill 5 (Gonzalez) continues to create concern among many businesses and individuals about how to comply with this new law. To help clarify what AB 5 means to employers, employees, and independent contractors throughout the state, the Employment Development...

Much of last year was consumed around the debate on Assembly Bill 5 (Gonzalez) that codified the Dynamex decision and enacted the three-part ABC Test to determine the eligibility of an individual or business to be considered an independent contractor. That debate has...