We invite you to review our newly-posted, January 2026 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include:
- Sexual Orientation Harassment Claim is Immune From Arbitration Under the EFAA
- Employee’s “Misinterpretation” of the Law Did Not Preclude Recovery on Whistleblower Claim
- Plaintiffs Barred From Proceeding Pseudonymously
- Three-Year Workplace Violence Restraining Order is Upheld
- Case Was Properly Dismissed Under 5-1/2 Year Rule
- Salvation Army Workers May Have Been Volunteers Exempt From Wage/Hour Laws
- Lower Court Erred in Calculating Unpaid Wages and Assessing Manager’s Liability
- Strip Club Dancer Could Proceed With FLSA Retaliation Claim
- Employees Who Rescind Individual Settlement Agreements Might Have to Repay Compensation Received
- Employer Waived Arbitration by Litigating in Court For More Than Four Years
- Motion to Compel Arbitration Was Improperly Denied
- Arbitrator’s Error in Awarding Attorney’s Fees Did Not Warrant Vacatur
- Miscellaneous PAGA Developments
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