On July 30, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill (Senate Bill 648) that authorizes the state’s labor commissioner to investigate tip theft and levy fines for violations. The new law is particularly...more
8/14/2025
/ Employer Responsibilities ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Governor Newsom ,
Hospitality Industry ,
New Legislation ,
Restaurant Industry ,
State Labor Departments ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tourism ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft
On September 27, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the state’s pay transparency bill into law, imposing several new and unprecedented requirements on California employers. With the signing of Senate Bill...more
On September 30, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 979, a measure that will require publicly held corporations in California to achieve diversity on their boards of directors by January...more
On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed California Senate Bill 973 into law as Government Code Title 2, Division 3, Part 2.8, Chapter 10, § 12999. The bill authored by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (Santa...more
10/9/2020
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Governor Newsom ,
Labor Regulations ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour