ATTENTION CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS: EMPLOYEES WILL BE ENTITLED TO INCREASED SICK LEAVE IN THE NEW YEAR
On October 4, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 616, which amends California’s existing paid sick leave law to increase the amount of sick leave all employers must provide to employees from 24 hours or three days to 40 hours or five days. As California paid sick leave is complex and exacting, we […]
ATTENTION CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS: NEW BACKGROUND CHECK REGULATIONS IN EFFECT
On January 1, 2018, California enacted its Fair Chance Act (“FCA”) – also known as a “ban the box” law – which limits the ability of employers with five or more employees to consider an applicant’s or employee’s conviction history in connection with employment. The California FCA and similar laws prohibit employers from asking job candidates […]
ATTENTION CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS: 9TH CIRCUIT NIXES CALIFORNIA WORKPLACE ARBITRATION LAW IN REVERSAL
Finally some good news for California employers, but the fight is not over yet. On February 15, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision, Chamber of Commerce of the U.S., et al. v. Bonta, et al., No. 20-15291, that signals a reprieve for California employers seeking to require their […]
ATTENTION EMPLOYERS: CONGRESS ENACTS NEW FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR PREGNANT AND NURSING WORKERS (CALIFORNIA)
CALIFORNIA UPDATE: The EEOC issued its proposed Regulations to Implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act for publication in the Federal Register on August 11, 2023. Public comments must be received by the EEOC on or before October 10, 2023. On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act (“CAA”). Along with providing […]
ATTENTION CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS: 2023 IS HERE. . . ARE YOU READY TO KICK OFF THE NEW YEAR?
California legislators were busy again throughout 2022 implementing protections for employees and obligations for employers. As we reported HERE, the California legislature enacted a number of new or expanded employee entitlements that went into effect this week, including bereavement leave, leave under the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act to care for certain “designated persons”, security […]
ATTENTION CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS: LANDSLIDE OF NEW LAWS BRINGS NEW OBLIGATIONS FOR EMPLOYERS
As is typical in the Golden State at this time of the year, the California legislature has been very busy in the past several weeks enacting new and significantly expanding existing employment entitlements. On September 29, 2022 – the day prior to his deadline for signing or vetoing bills passed by the Legislature – Governor […]
ATTENTION EMPLOYERS: COMPANIES WITH EMPLOYEES IN CALIFORNIA ARE SUBJECT TO NEW PAY TRANSPARENCY RULES AND FACE EXPANDED PAY DATA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Fueled by efforts to address gender and racial wage gaps, the California legislature has acted on a number of occasions since 2017 to shine the light on pay disparity by enacting wage disclosure obligations. Thirteen other jurisdictions across the country likewise have in effect or have recently enacted some form of compensation disclosure requirement, commonly referred […]