Passed in 2022 and effective January 1, 2024, Assembly Bill 2188 creates Government Code section 12954 to make it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person in hiring, termination, or any term or condition of...more
11/17/2023
/ Cannabis Products ,
Drug Testing ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Marijuana ,
New Legislation ,
Recreational Use ,
State Labor Laws ,
THC
Beginning July 1, 2023, SB 731 will provide for the automatic sealing of certain felony criminal records. Arrests that do not result in conviction will also be sealed....more
Over the last few years we have seen “ban the box” laws enacted in various states and municipalities. In California, these laws limit the timing of an inquiry into a job applicant’s criminal history to after a conditional...more
The past year has been a busy one for passing employment-related legislation. Numerous new laws have gone into effect that impact how California employers manage and interact with their current, prospective, and former...more
4/12/2018
/ Ban the Box ,
DFEH ,
Employment Discrimination ,
FEHA ,
FEHC ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Parental Leave ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Transgender ,
Wage and Hour
Effective January 1, 2018, California Assembly Bill 168 (AB 168) prohibits asking job applicants about their salary history (including other forms of compensation and benefits), or otherwise seeking this information. Further,...more
Beginning January 1, 2018, Assembly Bill 1008 (AB 1008) will prohibit employers with five or more employees from inquiring about criminal history on an employment application or before making a conditional employment offer,...more
New regulations issued by the California Fair Employment and Housing Council (FEHC) impose additional limitations on an employer’s use of criminal history information, and expand the types of criminal history that employers...more
Effective January 22, 2017, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring will prohibit most employers in the City of Los Angeles from inquiring about a job applicant’s possible criminal history until an initial job offer...more
Effective January 1, 2017, Assembly Bill 1843 prohibits hiring-related inquiries concerning juvenile convictions or from using information regarding juvenile court actions or custodial detentions as a factor in determining...more
Consistent with a national trend, the Los Angeles City Council’s Economic Development Committee voted last week in favor of a new law prohibiting most employers from inquiring about a job applicant’s possible criminal history...more
Abercrombie & Fitch’s “Look Policy” Needs A Makeover After The Supreme Court Looked At It -
The Abercrombie & Fitch clothing company is famous for their scantily clad models with six-packs and very little actual clothing...more
6/9/2015
/ Abercrombie & Fitch ,
Appearance Policy ,
Disparate Impact ,
Disparate Treatment ,
EEOC v Abercrombie ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Minimum Wage ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Title VII