?California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) gives employees the right to prosecute lawsuits against their employers for alleged violations of the California Labor Code. Employees can maintain claims not only their own... Read more »
?Since the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) 2018 passage, employers have been wondering how the law will apply to data collected and maintained about employees. Until now, employment data had been exempted... Read more »
? California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board recently published an overview on AB 2183, the monumental “card check” legislation passed last year that makes it far easier for California agricultural workers to organize... Read more »
?An employer waived its right to invoke arbitration of a former employee’s claims by unreasonably delaying its arbitration demand and acting inconsistently with an intent to arbitrate, a California appeals court recently... Read more »
?Takeaway: A time-keeping policy using neutral rounding will not shield an employer from liability for failing to pay employees for all time worked. ?When an employer tracked the exact time in minutes... Read more »
?A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has temporarily blocked a new California law that would create a state-appointed council to negotiate pay and hours in the fast-food industry. AB 257, also called... Read more »
California employment law had a very active year in 2022, with a slew of new laws and important cases, especially in the areas of arbitration, employee classification and statutory leave. Will these... Read more »
?On Jan. 1, California’s new pay transparency law requiring pay scales in job openings went into effect. Although Senate Bill 1162 was passed in September, many employers were left to wonder how... Read more »
?California employers are required to post several notices and distribute various pamphlets informing employees of their employment rights. Effective Jan. 1, 2023, eight out of 18 of these required notices will be... Read more »
?Los Angeles is set to strengthen protections for retail workers in a sweeping law known as the Fair Work Week Ordinance, which the city council approved on Nov. 29. The ordinance, which... Read more »
