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The United States Senate Judiciary Committee, with bipartisan support, has advanced the Protecting Older Americans Act Bill. The bill, which was introduced by Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., heads to...more
Mandatory Arbitration is Alive and Well - A big win for California employers was announced February 15, 2023, when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Bonta found...more
Avid readers of Stokes Wagner’s legal updates may be familiar with California’s Assembly Bill 51, a law that, until very recently, prohibited California employers from requiring employees or job applicants to sign arbitration...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of California’s Assembly Bill (AB) 51 with respect to arbitration agreements governed by the...more
Employers should be aware of recent updates regarding two #MeToo-related federal laws: the Speak Out Act and the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act....more
On November 15, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. (Pacific Time), CDF Partners Mark S. Spring and Alison Tsao will be presenting our annual complimentary "Year in Review" webinar that will cover 2022's new laws, key judicial...more
There is a lot that employers need to prepare and plan for in 2023. Join us at our Fall 2022 Labor & Employment Law Update which will discuss major issues and developments that your company needs to address now...more
The panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that largely upheld California’s law banning mandatory arbitration agreements in the employment context just withdrew its decision. On August 22, 2022, two of the three...more
1. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel directed NLRB regions to seek preemptive injunctions for alleged unlawful threats during union campaigns. NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum...more
Please join our distinguished panelists of CDF employment law attorneys, Carolina Schwalbach, Leah Cameron, and Allison Chua on March 30, 2022, for a complimentary webinar as they explore the top pressing non-COVID-related...more
On February 10, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (the Act), drastically limiting the scope of pre-dispute arbitration agreements and class/collective...more
On February 10, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (the “Act”). Once signed into law, arbitration agreements and joint-action waivers are...more
Welcome to the second edition of “Case in Point,” a series of short videos in which we recap key employment cases from the past quarter and discuss what they mean for employers in California. In this 6-minute episode, Tyler...more
A divided Ninth Circuit panel dealt a blow to California employers recently in holding that a state law prohibiting mandatory arbitration agreements is largely not preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”). California...more
A recent 9th Circuit ruling has cast doubt on employers’ ability to implement mandatory arbitration agreements for workers, and whether (and to what extent) there will be civil and criminal penalties for doing so. Until the...more
On March 9, 2021, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a bill that would provide significant protections for workers seeking to organize and bargain, cleared the House of Representatives on a 225-206 vote. Five...more
Evan Armstrong from the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) joins Mike Schmidt to talk about the significant PRO Act that was introduced in Congress and that will dramatically alter labor issues such as the use of...more
California employers are in for a busy new year of evaluating their workplace rules and practices due to a sizable list of new laws passed by the California legislature for 2020. These new laws may affect daily business...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
State and local governments are increasingly regulating the workplace. Although it is not possible to discuss all state and local laws, this update provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments to help...more
As part of its efforts to rescind outdated guidance on a rolling basis, the EEOC recently dispensed with a 22-year-old policy statement that disfavored mandatory arbitration agreements between employers and employees....more
The California Legislature and Governor Newsom have passed a sizable list of new laws governing the workplace in 2020. Employers are, once again, advised to evaluate their workplace rules and practices to insure they keep...more
As 2019 draws to a close, employers in California have a busy new year ahead of them with expanded legal obligations, including significant new legislation regarding independent contractor status and mandatory arbitration...more
Do you require your employees to agree to mandatory arbitration of employee disputes? If so, the policy may need to be revised. After the Supreme Court decision in Epic Systems last year (138 S. Ct. 1612), in which the Court...more
In recent months, the New York State legislature has enacted amendments to the New York State Human Rights Law (“NYSHRL”) and other laws aimed at expanding protections against discrimination and harassment. The laws emphasize...more