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Bryce Farrington

Associate || Orange County

Employment Law, Litigation, Leaves of Absence/Reasonable Accommodation

Bryce Farrington is an associate in the Orange County office of Ogletree Deakins. Mr. Farrington represents and counsels employers in a wide range of labor and employment law matters. He defends employers in all types of civil employment litigation and has experience advising on employer policies and procedures.

Mr. Farrington holds a J.D. from UC Irvine School of Law. There, Mr. Farrington served as Senior Editor for the UC Irvine Law Review. While in law school he was an extern for the Federal Public Defender, Central District of California and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Employment Law, Litigation, Leaves of Absence/Reasonable Accommodation
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Professional Activities

  • Orange County Bar Association
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association

Insights by Bryce Farrington

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Costa Mesa, California, Enacts Premium Pay Ordinance for Retail Grocery and Pharmacy Workers

On March 16, 2021, the City Council of Costa Mesa, California, passed an urgency ordinance establishing premium pay for retail grocery and pharmacy workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Costa Mesa is a large city in Orange County located southeast of Los Angeles. The ordinance requires that large retail establishments that sell groceries or prescription and nonprescription drugs in Costa Mesa provide their workers with premium pay of $4.00 for each hour worked. The ordinance took effect immediately and will expire 120 days from its effective date.

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Long Beach ‘Hero Pay’ Ordinance Survives Preliminary Injunction

On February 25, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion for preliminary injunction brought by the California Grocers Association (CGA) against the City of Long Beach. In California Grocers Association v. City of Long Beach, CGA asked the court to stop the city from enforcing its Premium Pay for Grocery Workers Ordinance, one of the many “hero pay” or “hazard pay” ordinances enacted by California localities in the past several weeks.

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