The 2021 California Legislative year resulted in a number of new laws affecting California employer practices. This Alert summarizes key new laws that have either recently taken effect or will go into effect on January 1,...more
11/17/2021
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Cal-OSHA ,
California Family Rights Act (CFRA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
DFEH ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
On September 9, 2020 Governor Newsom signed AB 1867 into law, giving California employers just 10 days to implement new COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave statewide. Below we highlight the major provisions of the new law...more
As industry grapples with unprecedented risk and uncertainty, in-house counsel and private practitioners are set to attend ACI’s Virtual Conference on Complex Employment Litigation & Risk Management on August 20th.
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7/13/2020
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Best Practices ,
Compliance ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Defense Strategies ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Health and Safety ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
LGBTQ ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Misclassification ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Race Discrimination ,
Racial Bias ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
Risk Management ,
Sick Leave ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wrongful Termination
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced its final rule updating the earnings thresholds necessary to exempt executive, administrative, and professional employees from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s...more
On December 10, the California Supreme Court issued an impactful decision for the healthcare industry. In Gerard v. Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, the unanimous Court endorsed the Hospitals’ meal break policy, over...more
On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles. ...more
Effective January 1, 2018, San Francisco will expand available protections for nursing mothers working within city limits. California law currently requires employers to provide lactating employees with a reasonable amount of...more
In 2015, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) proposed substantial changes to the minimum salary level requirements, sought input on whether bonuses and incentives should be included in meeting the salary level test and considered...more
Whether a Human Resources Director will be deemed the “employer” and held individually liable for alleged violations under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) should be left to the jury, according to the Second Circuit’s...more
In what could prove a harbinger of worker classification developments to come, Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez (D – San Diego) has proposed AB 1727, “The California 1099 Self-Organizing Act.” The bill, which is at the...more
The California legislature played an active role in 2015 by enacting new rules and amendments in many employment areas. The following covers some of the key highlights, some of which became effective on January 1, 2016. Equal...more
Following principles that federal courts have applied in similar cases under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a California appellate court recently confirmed that employers are not liable under the California Labor Code for...more
Employment class action defendants in California who were hoping for an unequivocal statement that statistical sampling has no place in class actions are likely to be disappointed by today’s ruling in Duran v. U.S. Bank, N.A....more
Employers in California have been watching closely to see how courts will apply the United States Supreme Court’s decision in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011), which held that the Federal Arbitration Act...more
1/30/2013
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AT&T Mobility ,
AT&T Mobility v Concepcion ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
D.R. Horton ,
D.R. Horton v NLRB ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Macy's ,
NLRB ,
Preemption ,
Wage and Hour