News Appearances
2025-2026
- Pending AI Legislation in California (09-15-2026)
- Bill Would Let Gig Workers Unionize (08-29-2025)
- July 2025 Jobs Report (08-02-2025)
- Minimum Wage for Tourism Workers (06-26-2025)
- May Jobs Report Recap (06-10-2025)
- Breaking Down the Latest Unemployment Numbers (05-24-2025)
2024
- 2025 Employment Laws (12-22-24)
- Trump Appointees Impact on Employment Law (11-24-2024)
- Trump Administration’s Impact on Employment Law (11-18-2024)
- PAGA Reform Bill (06-21-2024)
- Fast Food Industry Impacts of Minimum Wage Law (06-10-24)
- Jobs Report for April 2024; Non-Compete Clause (05-06-2024)
- California Fast Food Wage Set to Hit $20, Layoffs Expected (03-31-2024)
- New California Employment Laws, Including Minimum Wage (01-02-2024)
2023
- More Sick Days for California Workers (10-05-2023)
- The Revised California Fast Food Minimum Wage Law (10-01-2023)
- Employment Update: The Latest Jobs Report vs What We Are Seeing in San Diego (05-07-2023)
2022
- California To End Mandatory Pay for Workers with COVID (12-16-2022)
- California Fast (Food) Recovery Act, Part 1 of 2 (09-08-2022)
- California Fast (Food) Recovery Act, Part 2 of 2 (09-08-2022)
- California Fast (Food) Recovery Act, short version (09-05-22)
- Key Things Business Owners Need to Know, Part 1 of 2 (07-26-2022)
- Key Things Business Owners Need to Know, Part 2 of 2 (07-26-2022)
- SCOTUS decisions affecting the workplace (07-03-2022)
- Paid COVID leave granted to California workers through September (02-12-2022)
- Good faith process may provide employees reasonable accommodations in the workplace (01-28-2022)
2021
- Attorney discusses legality of OSHA issuing worker vaccination mandates (11-06-2021)
- President Biden’s vaccine mandate raises questions and concerns (09-10-2021)
- California Dept. of Public Health issues order requiring vaccines in certain job industries (08-01-2021)
- Cal/OSHA ends face mask requirements for vaccinated (06-19-2021)
- New Cal/OSHA COVID-19 safety standards (06-06-2021)
- Glitch in EDD system delays payments for nearly 200k people (04-19-2021)
- California expands COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (04-03-2021)
- The latest on EDD fraud in California (02-02-2021)
- Annie Ellis discusses COVID-19 laws in the workplace (01-19-2021)
- The latest on unemployment claims (01-17-2021)
2020
- Congress seals agreement on $900 billion COVID relief bill (12-21-2020)
- Deal on Fed removes obstacle to agreement on virus aid bill (12-20-2020)
- Jobless claims rise during resurgence in COVID-19 cases (12-13-2020)
- Annie Ellis explains Prop 22 passing and what it means (11-09-2020)
- Annie Ellis and Sully Discuss the Impacts of California Prop 22 and AB5 (10-31-2020)
- Court of Appeals upholds the Uber and Lyft injunction (10-26-2020)
- San Diego unemployment drops to 9.9% as jobs increase by nearly 21,000 (09-19-2020)
- The latest news on unemployment benefits and California laws AB-5 and AB-2257 (09-18-2020)
- California gets FEMA funds to add to unemployment benefits, as of 08-29-2020
- Five things businesses must do to avoid COVID-19 Lawsuits – short version (08-24-2020)
- Five things businesses must do to avoid COVID-19 Lawsuits – full version (08-24-2020)
- The latest controversy around California Law A. B. 5 – short version (08-21-2020)
- The latest controversy around California Law A. B. 5 – full version (08-21-2020)
- The impact of California law A. B. 5 on businesses using independent contractors, as of 08-15-2020
- The latest news on COVID-19 impacts on California employers and employees, as of 08-15-2020
- Analysis of President Trumps Executive Orders on COVID-19 Relief – short version (08-09-2020)
- Analysis of President Trumps Executive Orders on COVID-19 Relief – full version (08-09-2020)
- Progress in the next Coronavirus relief measure, as of 08-02-2020
- The latest news on COVID-19 impacts on California employers and employees, as of 07-30-2020
- Democrats and GOP far apart on Virus Aid; Trump wants a deal (07-29-2020)
- The latest news on COVID-19 impacts on California employers and employees, as of 07-25-2020
- The latest negotiations over unemployment in Congress, as of 07-23-2020
- The latest news on COVID-19 impacts on California employers and employees, as of 07-23-2020
- Unemployment drops to 13.9% – restaurants gain 29,900 jobs in June (7-19-2020)
- Another unemployment extension program expected in California (06-30-2020)
- California jobless rate 16.3% in May is down a bit from April (06-30-2020)
- April jobless rate higher than great recession (05-31-2020)
- 3 Million more layoffs intensify fears of lasting damage (05-17-2020)
- Are you wondering where your PPP loans or EED checks are? (04-28-2020)
- Practical advice on the many challenges employers and employees are facing during COVID-19, as of 04-26-2020
- Payment Protection Program (PPP) & Economic Injury Disaster Loan (04-21-2020)
- Virus pushes US unemployment toward highest since Depression (04-17-2020)
- For anybody who has fallen on hard times (04-14-2020)
- Employment Attorney Annie Ellis details how you can apply for unemployment benefits if you are eligible (04-06-2020)
- Unemployment crisis: you’ve lost your job, now what do you do? (04-03-2020)