2024 brings crucial updates for California employers navigating the intricacies of workplace policies. In this alert, the Allen Matkins Labor & Employment Practice share key updates employers should make note of including:...more
12/12/2023
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2022 was again a busy year for the California Legislature's enactment of new laws affecting California employers in 2023. Below you will find our annual Employment Law Update.
CALIFORNIA EXPANDS EMPLOYER PAY SCALE DISCLOSURE...more
12/13/2022
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Bereavement Leave ,
California ,
California Family Rights Act (CFRA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
FEHA ,
Healthy Workplaces Healthy Families Act 2014 ,
Marijuana ,
Off-Duty Employees ,
Paid Leave ,
Pay Transparency ,
Popular ,
Recreational Use ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
California employers that have adopted arbitration agreements received a big win from the U.S. Supreme Court on June 15, 2022. In Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, the Court validated an employer’s arbitration agreement...more
2021 has been another busy year for the Legislature’s enactment of new laws affecting California employers. Below you will find our annual 2021 Employment Law Update....more
2020 has been an unprecedented year in many ways, but one thing that remains constant is the legislature's enactment of new laws that impact employers. Ranging from Covid-19 legislation to revisions to worker classification...more
12/10/2020
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Arbitration Agreements ,
Cal-OSHA ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Diversity ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Governor Newsom ,
Infectious Diseases ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Pay Data ,
Public Health ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
As 2019 draws to a close, it is time to take a close look at some of the most important new laws that have been passed which will affect California employers in 2020 and beyond. As always, employers should review their...more
12/10/2019
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Arbitration Agreements ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dynamex ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
FEHA ,
Hairstyle Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Independent Contractors ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Misclassification ,
Parental Leave ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statute of Limitations
'Tis the season to review the new laws that have been passed this year that will affect California employers in 2019 and beyond. Of particular note are the new laws that followed the outcry over workplace-related sexual...more
12/11/2018
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Confidential Information ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Employee Training ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Mediation ,
Minimum Wage ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Wage and Hour ,
Woman Board Members
The New Year will welcome in a number of new California laws affecting employers. Below is a brief summary of many of these laws, which generally take effect on January 1, 2018. Employers should review their policies and...more
12/6/2017
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Criminal Convictions ,
DFEH ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
FEHA ,
Human Trafficking ,
Parental Rights ,
Posting Requirements ,
Retaliation ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Wage and Hour
San Francisco's Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance will become effective on January 1, 2018. The Ordinance imposes requirements that go beyond those that federal and California law already impose on employers and will...more
In 2016, California passed various labor and employment laws which directly impact the hospitality industry. Below is a brief summary of many of these laws, which generally take effect on January 1, 2017, unless otherwise...more
12/16/2016
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Forum Selection ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Popular ,
Safe Harbors ,
Smoking Bans ,
Stalking ,
Unfair Immigration-Related Practices ,
Wage and Hour
In 2016, California passed a slew of labor and employment laws affecting businesses across the state and their personnel policies and practices. Below is a brief summary of many of these laws, which generally take effect on...more
12/8/2016
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Ban the Box ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Domestic Violence ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
FEHA ,
Heat Exposure ,
Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Sick Leave Act ,
Proposition 64 ,
Safe Harbors ,
Security Guards ,
Sexual Assault ,
Smoking Bans ,
Stalking ,
Unfair Immigration-Related Practices ,
Wage and Hour
With the stated purpose of reducing “unnecessary litigation” and lowering the cost for employers doing business in California, Governor Jerry Brown, on June 27, 2016, signed into law amendments to California's Private...more
According to the NLRB’s recent ruling in Chipotle Servs. LLC, 2016 BL 76781, tweeting can be a protected activity. In that decision, the presiding ALJ determined that Chipotle violated the NLRA when it directed an employee to...more
As we previously have discussed, implementing an employee social media policy and providing employees training about the subject may help employers potentially avoid embarrassing public relations situations. A recent case,...more
threshold questionBy now, many people have heard about the Yelp/Eat24 employee who published a rant last month on social media platform Medium addressed to Company CEO Jeremy Stoppelman relating to how her entry-level...more
A District Court in Louisiana concluded recently that a television station’s inconsistent application of its social media policy entitled a terminated employee to defeat summary judgment regarding his discrimination claim....more
This past year, the California Legislature enacted a number of new laws that either took effect immediately or will become effective in 2016. Among the most significant are the following:
AB 1506: Employers Given Time to...more
The Uniform Law Commission (ULC), a non-profit unincorporated association comprised of state commissions on uniform laws from each state, recently announced that it intends to vote on model social media privacy legislation in...more
Recently, Maine became the latest state to enact legislation restricting an employer’s access to employees’ and job applicants’ personal social media accounts. The new statute prohibits an employer from requiring, coercing or...more
Back in August 2014, we discussed an NLRB decision, which concluded that employees’ use of Facebook’s “like” button can constitute protected concerted activity under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act and that the...more
As we have discussed in previous posts, the issues surrounding ownership rights to an employer’s social media account and its contents continues to be a moving target without definitive answers. A federal bankruptcy court...more
Recently, Montana became the 20th state to enact legislation restricting an employer’s access to employees’ and job applicants’ personal social media accounts. The new statute prohibits an employer from requiring or...more
In somewhat of a surprise, recently the NLRB affirmed an Administrative Law Judge’s decision, which had rejected the NLRB General Counsel’s challenge to a portion of an employer’s social media policy as unlawful. The...more
7/23/2015
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Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Popular ,
Protected Activity ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Social Media ,
Social Media Policy
With new social media apps and platforms arriving seemingly daily, and employees spending increasing amounts of time on social media, employers are well advised to consider the potential ramifications for the workplace. Here...more
As we discussed in a previous post, a class action lawsuit (Sweet, et al. v. LinkedIn) was filed last year against LinkedIn in California based on allegations that the reference reports LinkedIn generates for premium...more