As California private employers of 100 or more employees and/or 100 or more workers hired through labor contractors may know, it is time to annually report pay, demographic, and other workforce data to the Civil Rights…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
In late 2023, California supersized the minimum wage for fast food workers by a whopping 25 percent (increasing it from $16 to $20). This law was opposed by the fast food industry, while labor unions (and their many friends and…
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/ Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
The California Court of Appeal recently reminded employers in an unpublished (but nonetheless chastening) opinion of the importance of carefully drafting arbitration agreements. In Pich v. LaserAway, LLC et al, the court…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
The California Court of Appeal dealt another blow to arbitration, just months after we reported the last such decision here.
This time, the Court ruled that the federal Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
We invite you to review our newly-posted January 2025 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
As we reported here, California’s Senate Bill (S.B.) 399, took effect on January 1, 2025. This law prohibits employers from requiring employees to attend meetings about the company’s opinions on political or religious matters,…
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/ Business Organizations, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Wildfires continue to rage across Southern California, leveling entire neighborhoods, forcing evacuations for tens of thousands of people, and posing incredible hardship on businesses and their employees..…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In yet another attempt to avoid arbitration agreements, plaintiffs’ lawyers in the wake of the blockbuster court decisions in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana and Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc. began filing so-called…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
As 2024 came to a close, yet another California jury delivered a massive award to an individual plaintiff in an employment discrimination case. This time, it was an award of over $11 million by a San Diego jury to a medical…
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/ Civil Remedies, Labor & Employment Law
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has released updated guidance clarifying how the state’s latest statutory enactments will impact employers’ paid sick leave obligations. Specifically, as we reported here,…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Consumer Protection, Health
On November 8, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) voted 4-1 to proceed with formal rulemaking regarding automated decision-making technology (“ADMT”), which the draft regulations define as “any technology that…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The California Labor Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) recently refreshed its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims processing in light of the recent legislative reforms…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
The future of PAGA continues to look a bit brighter for employers as new favorable case law emerges. We previously reported on Turrieta v. Lyft, Inc. wherein the California Supreme Court ruled that PAGA plaintiffs have no…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Unbowed and unbroken, California continues to work toward creating that Workers’ Paradise in the Sun, and this legislative session did not disappoint! Here are the latest new laws that will take effect by the first of the year…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
It’s not like we didn’t tell you so, cuz we did! Just last year, we predicted that the latest assault on employer arbitration rights had the potential to destroy arbitration everywhere in the country. Is Arbitration Becoming…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
