The California Legislature has enacted several new laws that will impact the workplace in 2025. This Holland & Knight alert provides a brief summary of select employment laws that go into effect Jan. 1, 2025, unless stated...more
12/18/2024
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Corporate Counsel ,
Exempt-Employees ,
FEHA ,
General Meetings ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Protected Class ,
Race Discrimination ,
Safe Leave ,
Salaried Employees ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unruh Civil Rights Act ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workers’ Compensation
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an 8-1 decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, 596 U.S. __ (2022) on June 15, 2022, holding that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts the California Supreme Court ruling in...more
6/17/2022
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Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Preemption ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
SCOTUS ,
State Labor Laws ,
Viking River Cruises ,
Viking River Cruises Inc v Moriana ,
Waivers
In ZB, N.A., and Zions Bancorporation v. Superior Court of San Diego County, No. S246711, __ Cal. 5th __, 2019 WL 4309684 (Cal. 2019) (ZB), the California Supreme Court held on Sept. 12, 2019, that California's Labor Code...more
Continuing a trend from recent years, the California Legislature passed, and Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law, numerous labor and employment bills in 2016.
Each becomes effective on Jan. 1, 2017, unless otherwise...more
12/27/2016
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Agricultural Workers ,
Arbitration ,
Ban the Box ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Disability Insurance ,
Domestic Violence ,
Domestic Workers ,
Employee Restrooms ,
Equal Pay ,
FEHA ,
Forum Selection ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
LGBTQ ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Popular ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Retirement Plan ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Security Guards ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
Smoking Bans ,
Stalking ,
Teachers ,
Transcripts ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Statements ,
Wages ,
Workplace Safety
A divided panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently issued a 2-1 decision in the anticipated case of Sakkab v. Luxottica Retail North America, Inc. (Luxottica). Over a strongly worded dissent, the...more