The California Legislature has enacted several new laws that will impact the workplace in 2022. In addition to changes among various state labor and employment laws, the minimum wage has increased. This Holland & Knight alert provides a brief summary of select employment laws that went into eff...
Prompted by the “Me Too” movement, in 2019, California passed laws that restricted the use of such provisions for claims involving allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault or discrimination based on sex — but SB 331 significantly expands those restrictions. Beginning Jan. 1, 2022,...
If your California employer violates wage and hour laws, you can bring a labor board complaint, file a wage/hour lawsuit, or join a wage/hour class action.
California Labor Law on Four Ten-Hour Days Learn More → California state laws help ensure that employees receive fair treatment relating to hours worked and days off. Most employers cannot ask employees to work a sixth day in a week without paying overtime. If an employee has to work seven...
Child Labor Laws in California Class Actions in Wage/Hour Cases Commission-Based Pay Laws Commissions – How Frequently Must They Be Paid? Commission-Only Pay Structures Commission – Payments After Termination Comp Time Computer Professional Exemption Conditional Offers of Employment Constructive Dismissal...
A California court has ruled that an arbitrator (not a judge) should decide on the applicability of California Labor Code Section 925 to a dispute between a law firm partner and his former law firm.Zhang v. Superior Court,2022 WL 16832570 (Cal. Ct. App. 2022). This ruling potentially und...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen new abortion laws Tuesday, including some that deliberately clash with restrictions in other states — a sign of the coming conflicts that must be sorted out as lawmakers ru
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and child labor laws. The bill requires the employer’s posted report to include, among other things, a determination of whether the employer did or did not engage in, or support the use of, child labor. The report must also include a copy of any written policies and procedures the employ...
In 2023, the California Legislature passed 1,046 bills. Newsom signed 890 of those bills into law. Here is a look at some of the new laws Californians face.