Fair employment laws, which originated in this country in 1941 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive proclamation prohibiting race discrimination in government defense contracts,'have increased in scope substantially over the years. The CaliforniaGelb, Marjorie...
Weber (D-San Diego)Expansion of the CROWN Act. The Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) already defines the … California Inches Closer To Killing Arbitration As We Know It… ByTony Oncidi&Hayden F. BashinskionOctober 3, 2024 ...
On July 15, 2024, the Supreme Court of California issued a decision that could provide courts in the state with significant discretion to refuse to enforce employment arbitration agreements even if only one term is determined to be unlawful. The court...
AB 2188 was passed last year with a one-year delay in enforcement. That law amends the California Fair Employment and Housing Act to prohibit employment discrimination based on a person’s use of cannabis off the job and away from the workplace. The law also prohibits adverse action based on...
Under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, it is illegal for employers to discriminate due to race (including racial discrimination and harassment based upon a person’s natural hairstyle), religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition,...
For a medical accommodation, determine whether the employee has a disability under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). For a religious accommodation, determine whether the employee has a sincerely held...
Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed SB 292 into law, which holds that plaintiffs need not prove that sexually harassing conduct, as defined in the state’s Fair Employment Housing Act, was motivated by sexual desire. The bill, drafted by Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett (D-East Bay),...
This white paper also discusses how SB 331 limits the use of non-disclosure provisions in employment severance agreements, as well as: Small adjustments to the state’s worker classification laws; COVID-19-related legislation that went into effect immediately upon being signed; and ...
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 973 on September 30, which requires private employers in California to submit an annual Pay Data Report to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), with the first report due by March 31, 2021. ...
On August 21, 2023, the California Supreme Court ruled that business-entity agents could be liable for violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) with respect to individuals who were not their employees.