In this episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part four of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing best practices for effectively memorializing the investigation in a...more
In this episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part four of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing best practices for effectively memorializing the investigation in a...more
Recent legal developments have impacted drug and alcohol policy enforcement in the workplace. In this episode of California Employment News, Weintraub Labor & Employment attorneys Lizbeth “Beth” West and Ryan Abernathy...more
Recent legal developments have impacted drug and alcohol policy enforcement in the workplace. In this episode of California Employment News, Weintraub Labor & Employment attorneys Lizbeth “Beth” West and Ryan Abernathy...more
This is a follow-up to our recent blog post regarding Senate Bill 399 (“SB 399”) and its prohibition on an employer’s right to take adverse action against an employee who refuses to attend meetings related to “political...more
1/14/2025
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Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Governance ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Labor Reform ,
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NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Preemption ,
State Labor Laws
If you followed California’s 2024 Legislative term, you know that Senate Bill 399 (“SB 399”) was passed and signed into law by Governor Newsom on September 27, 2024. For the most part, SB 399 has been described as a new...more
1/10/2025
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California ,
Compliance ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Governor Newsom ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
Political Speech ,
Punitive Damages ,
Religious Beliefs ,
State Labor Laws
There are a number of statutes in California that grant eligible employees the right to take a leave of absence for various reasons. SB848 creates a new leave of absence entitlement under CA law regarding reproductive loss....more
There are a number of statutes in California that grant eligible employees the right to take a leave of absence for various reasons. SB848 creates a new leave of absence entitlement under CA law regarding reproductive loss....more
The Legislature was busy again in 2023, and the Governor signed a number of employment-related bills. This blog post is not intended to discuss the details of every employment bill that was signed into law. Instead, below...more
10/27/2023
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
Cal-OSHA ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Paid Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
In this episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part four of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing best practices for effectively memorializing the investigation in a...more
In this episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part three of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing how to make reasonable investigative findings once all evidence is...more
In this episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part two of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing best practices for collecting information during a workplace...more
In this episode of California Employment News, Lizbeth (Beth) West and Meagan Bainbridge present part one of the Workplace Investigation Series, discussing how to start an investigation following an employee complaint....more
For what it’s worth, on October 25, 2021, the EEOC updated its guidance “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws” and added Section L entitled “Vaccinations – Title VII and...more
10/28/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Religious Exemption ,
Title VII ,
Vaccinations
While employers were busy dealing with a multitude of issues during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Spring of 2020, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) quietly issued some amended...more
On September 4, 2020, Governor Newsom signed AB 2257, a bill that provides comprehensive clarifications and changes to the very controversial bill – AB 5 – that went into effect in January 2020 and requires the use of the...more
On September 12, 2019, the California Supreme Court issued it decision in ZB, N.A., and Zions Bancorporation v. Superior Court [Lawson, real party in interest] (“Lawson”). In analyzing whether the Plaintiff’s lawsuit could...more
Join the attorneys from Weintraub Tobin’s Labor and Employment Group as they discuss important legal developments from 2018 and review a number of new laws facing employers in 2019.
Program Highlights:
• New Federal...more
1/7/2019
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Events ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Leave of Absence ,
NLRB ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
On December 10, 2018, the Fourth Appellate Court decision in Kennedy Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC (“AMN”) was certified for publication and it brings good news for California employers who use a neutral rounding timekeeping...more
Well September 30, 2018 has come and gone. As my September 19, 2018 article indicated, that was the deadline for Governor Brown to either sign or veto a large number of employment-related bills passed by the California...more
10/4/2018
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
FEHA ,
Governor Brown ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws
The September 30th deadline for Governor Brown to act on numerous employment-related bills passed by the California Legislature during the 2017-2018 Legislative Term is fast approaching. This Blog summarizes only 21 of the...more
On July 18, 2018, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill (AB) 2282 which provides answers and clarifications to a number of questions employers had about the new law that went into effect in January 2018 (Assembly Bill 168 –...more
Under California law, an aggrieved person can bring a claim for defamation if the person is the subject of a false and unprivileged statement that is injurious to his/her reputation. Defamation can take the form of libel or...more
In its December 14, 2017 decision entitled Boeing Company and Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, IFPTE Local 2001 ( “Boeing” ),the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) reversed itself and adopted...more
On October 14, 2017, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 1008 (the “Fair Chance Act”). The new law puts in place some protections for those individuals with criminal backgrounds seeking employment. The new law will be...more
10/17/2017
/ Background Checks ,
Ban the Box ,
Conditional Job Offers ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Criminal Records ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Fair Chance Act ,
FEHA ,
Governor Brown ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants