California is on the verge of adding yet one more prohibited employment practice to the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA).
On September 9, 2024, the California Legislature presented Governor Gavin Newsom...more
On August 31, 2024, the California Legislature passed the California Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation Act, Senate Bill (SB) No. 399. The bill heads to Governor Gavin Newsom, who has until September 30, 2024, to sign...more
9/5/2024
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Discrimination ,
First Amendment ,
Pending Legislation ,
Political Speech ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Special Meetings ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions
The California Legislature is poised to make it even more difficult for hospitality and business service providers to operate in California. Senate Bill (SB) No. 723 amends California Labor Code Section 2810.8, which provides...more
6/29/2023
/ Construction Industry ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covered Employer ,
DLSE ,
Governor Newsom ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Pending Legislation ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Right of Recall ,
State Labor Laws ,
Sunset Provisions
A bill pending in the California Senate, Senate Bill (SB) No. 616, proposes to expand the number of paid sick days that California employers must offer to employees.
Under current law, eligible California employees are...more
California employers may soon be barred from discharging employees or refusing to hire individuals based on their off-duty use of marijuana, under a new bill headed to the governor’s desk. On August 30, 2022, the...more
9/7/2022
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Drug Testing ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Policies ,
FEHA ,
Governor Newsom ,
Marijuana ,
Off-Duty Employees ,
Pending Legislation ,
Recreational Use ,
Screening Procedures
California could soon extend its COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (SPSL) through the end of 2022 and provide relief to small businesses incurring the costs of such leave if Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill sent...more
Despite all that is going on in the world, the California legislature has been busy this year. Below is a summary of the major employment law bills that are working their way through the state Assembly and Senate....more
Signaling a growing movement to align culturally inclusive practices with legal protections, California has become the first state to expressly ban discrimination based on hairstyle and hair texture associated with a person’s...more
Currently, certain employers are required under federal law to file annual Employer Information Reports (EEO-1) with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. These EEO-1s must contain data regarding demographics of the...more
The California State Senate and Assembly have been busy this year, moving a number of employment law bills through the legislative process. May 31, 2019, was the deadline for either the assembly or the senate to pass a bill...more
6/6/2019
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Arbitration Agreements ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exclusions ,
FEHA ,
Harassment ,
Independent Contractors ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Penalties ,
Pending Legislation ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Retaliation ,
Staffing Agencies ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Unemployment Insurance Acts ,
Unpaid Wages
Several California labor and employment law bills passed in both the state assembly and senate on or before the September 15, 2017, legislative deadline. Governor Brown will have until October 15, 2017, to sign or veto these...more
9/19/2017
/ Ban the Box ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Fair Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Parental Leave ,
Pending Legislation ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Wage and Hour
Several California labor and employment law bills passed in the state assembly or senate before the June 2, 2017, legislative deadline. The legislature now has until September 15, 2017, to pass these bills in the second...more
6/14/2017
/ Ban the Box ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Fair Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Health Insurance ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Minimum Salary ,
Parental Leave ,
Pending Legislation ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Single-Payer ,
White-Collar Exemptions
The California legislature is off to a quick start with a large number of labor and employment law proposals. Currently, 71 bills propose to amend the California Labor Code, and several additional bills seek to modify...more
On March 31, 2016, the California legislature approved the nation’s highest statewide minimum wage. SB-3, approved in both the State Senate and Assembly, will increase the state’s minimum wage to $15.00 per hour by 2022. ...more