California continues to police artificial intelligence (“AI”) in the workplace. Following proposed rulemaking on the use of AI for significant employment decisions, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan introduced Assembly Bill 1221...more
5/14/2025
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Biometric Information ,
California ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Employee Monitoring ,
Employee Rights ,
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Proposed Legislation ,
State Labor Laws ,
Surveillance
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has introduced the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act (the “Act”), a bill that, if enacted, would lower the threshold for a “standard” workweek by 20 percent, from 40 to 32 hours. Should the Act become...more
As we covered here, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) is effective today! As a reminder, the PWFA extends the requirements of the ADA to employees with known limitations related to, affected by, or arising out of...more
6/28/2023
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Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Guidance ,
New Legislation ,
Pregnancy Disability Leave Law ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reasonable Accommodation
The California Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee recently passed Senate Bill 1044, moving the legislation one step closer to a vote by the full state senate. SB 1044 would permit employees, without...more
It’s only been two weeks since President Biden signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (the “Ending Forced Arbitration Act”) into law, and there is already a new major...more
On February 7, 2022, in a 335-97 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill (“Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021”), which would prohibit “mandatory arbitration”...more
2/10/2022
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Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action ,
Collective Actions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Labor Reform ,
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Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Harassment
Last week, New York announced new tax increases that will subject certain of its residents to higher personal income tax rates than even Californians pay. Before the pages on that bill had cooled, the California legislature...more
Last Thursday, Assembly Bill 1179 was introduced to require California employers with 1,000 or more to provide “backup ” for children under 14. To be eligible for the benefit, employees who work in California would need to...more
The California Chamber of Commerce has just identified 10 recently introduced “job killer” bills that have been proposed by the California legislature.
Worth noting are the following...more
Assembly Bill 5, a proposed new law currently pending in the California legislature, would limit and codify last year’s California Supreme Court Dynamex opinion. If passed and signed into law by Gov. Newsom (he’s already said...more
9/5/2019
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DoorDash ,
Dynamex ,
Gig Economy ,
Governor Newsom ,
Independent Contractors ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Lyft ,
Misclassification ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Uber ,
Unions
California Assembly Member Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) has introduced legislation (Assembly Bill 3042) that would recognize “International Workers’ Day” as a public holiday for students and school employees in the state....more
According to reporting from the California Chamber of Commerce, several recently introduced bills have passed the California State Senate or Assembly and now move on to a vote in the second house...more
The California Chamber of Commerce has just released its annual list of “job killer” bills that have been proposed in the California Legislature. This year’s list identifies 32 proposed laws, including six new “Costly...more