The California state legislature recently enacted several laws that impact the relationship between employers and their respective work forces. The below is a quick update on these recent changes to the California employment...more
On September 27, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 1162 expanding the scope of California’s existing pay transparency laws. SB 1162 imposes new requirements for pay information in job postings, extends...more
On Thursday, July 15, 2021, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion with respect to meal period premiums, impacting employers who provide nondiscretionary payments for work performed by their employees. In Ferra v....more
The spread of the novel coronavirus and the numerous shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders issued across the country in response have presented unique and challenging issues for employers. Significantly, many businesses who...more
On January 29, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that disclosure documents given to job applicants pursuant to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) prior to running background checks cannot...more
On February 26, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit became the second federal appeals court to rule that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (“Title VII”) bars employers from discriminating on the basis...more