New California employment laws are scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2025. These laws address a variety of issues, including the state minimum wage, discrimination protections, paid time off, and employers’ messages...more
12/11/2024
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Audits ,
Child Labor ,
Compliance ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
FEHA ,
Independent Contractors ,
Minimum Wage ,
Posting Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unruh Civil Rights Act ,
Wage and Hour
On September 28, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) No. 988, the Freelance Worker Protection Act (FWPA). The FWPA provides minimum requirements for agreements between freelance workers and...more
Despite all that is going on in the world, the California legislature has been busy this year. Below is a summary of the major employment law bills that are working their way through the state Assembly and Senate....more
The autumn leaves are turning, football season is gathering momentum, Congress is reconvening, and at Ogletree Deakins, we are celebrating the first anniversary of Compass and reflecting on all that has changed in the last...more
10/14/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Definition ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
H-1B ,
Hairstyle Discrimination ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Regulations ,
New Legislation ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
Over-Time ,
Pay Gap ,
Retirement Plan ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Union Elections ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
The California State Senate and Assembly have been busy this year, moving a number of employment law bills through the legislative process. May 31, 2019, was the deadline for either the assembly or the senate to pass a bill...more
6/6/2019
/ ABC Test ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exclusions ,
FEHA ,
Harassment ,
Independent Contractors ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Penalties ,
Pending Legislation ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Retaliation ,
Staffing Agencies ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Unemployment Insurance Acts ,
Unpaid Wages
California lawmakers have proposed a number of employment and labor law bills during the current legislative session. Most significantly, Senate Bill 3, the bill to increase California’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2022,...more
In the past few months, a number of state and local developments have emerged that are likely to resonate across the country. The following is a tour of some of the most recent and significant state-specific legislation,...more
Companies that classify workers as independent contractors are facing increasing scrutiny in court and before administrative agencies. A recent unpublished California Court of Appeal decision in a case titled Garcia v. Seacon...more
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a number of bills that will impact the employer community.
Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014—Paid Sick Leave (AB 1522) -
On September 10, 2014,...more
10/31/2014
/ Child Labor ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Farm Workers ,
Health Insurance ,
Independent Contractors ,
Jerry Brown ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Leave ,
Retaliation ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
Sick Leave ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Training ,
Undocumented Immigrants ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Unpaid Interns
In September 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a number of bills that will impact the employer community.
Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014—Paid Sick Leave (AB 1522) -
On...more