California is one step closer to becoming one of the first states to adopt anti-discrimination regulations regarding employer use of...
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In a recent published decision, the California Court of Appeal delivered a blow to plaintiffs seeking to avoid arbitration of claims...
On January 8, 2025, California received a Major Disaster Declaration for the ongoing Southern California wildfires. As the devastating...
California voters have rejected a ballot measure that would have increased the state’s minimum wage to $18 on January 1, 2025. Defeated...
Now that Governor Gavin Newsom’s September 30th deadline to approve or veto legislative bills has passed, California employers can begin...
On September 27, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 1137 into law, clarifying that discrimination can happen...
On July 25, 2024, the California Supreme Court ruled in the case of Castellanos v. State of California that Proposition 22, also known as...
On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2288 and its counterpart Senate Bill 92 into law, which amend California’s Private...
On May 6, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued a significant ruling in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc. (Case No....
For the past 20 years, the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) has been a thorn to employer’s side in California. In 2004, PAGA, a...
California’s new law that creates a separate minimum wage applicable only to fast food restaurant employees took effect on April 1, 2024....
Widely known as “Ban the Box” laws, California is among the many jurisdictions that have adopted laws limiting the use of criminal...
Governor Gavin Newsom signed S.B. 525 into law adding new minimum wage requirements to Sections 1182.14 and 1182.15 of the California...
We previously alerted employers to California employment law bills that were still alive toward the end of the most recent legislative...
The California Legislature had until September 14, 2023, to pass bills in the current Legislative Session before these bills are sent to...
The deadline for California’s Governor to sign, approve without signing, or veto bills on his desk was September 30, 2022. We have...