California Employment News: California Wage Compliance – Avoiding Legal Pitfalls
California Employment News: CA Local Minimum Wage Updates
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Adaptive Reuse: From Desks to Doorways
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 514: Listen and Learn -- Discovery (Civ Pro)
A Counterintuitive Approach to Winning Without Litigation: One-on-One with Haley Morrison
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California Employment News: Creating the Report for a Workplace Investigation – Part 4 (Featured)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 511: Listen and Learn -- Landlord/Tenant Law (Part 1)
From Permits to Penalties: A Deep Dive Into Coastal Development Law
California Employment News: Synthesizing Evidence in a Workplace Investigation – Part 3 (Featured)
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(Podcast) California Employment News: Gathering Information in a Workplace Investigation – Part 2 (Featured)
California Employment News: Gathering Information in a Workplace Investigation – Part 2 (Featured)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 314: Listen and Learn -- False Imprisonment and Shopkeeper’s Privilege (Torts)
(Podcast) California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
Feeling the Heat: Strategies to Keep Cool Under California's Consumers Legal Remedies Act — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The JustPod: Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing: A Discussion with Hillary Blout
Los Angeles County has joined the ranks of other urban governments, including the City of Los Angeles, that have enacted fair workweek ordinances in attempt to provide workers with more predictable schedules and fairer pay....more
The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) just released its long-awaited model employee notice triggering a new compliance obligation for all California employers regarding the rights of employees who are victims of...more
Assembly Bill 2499 (AB 2499), which took effect on January 1, 2025, broadens previous requirements on how California employers treat employees who are victims of violence or who are the family members of victims. The new law...more
On July 1, 2025, the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) issued a new notice of employee rights and an FAQ under AB 2499, a victims’ leave law enacted last year. As described in this December 2024 Cooley alert,...more
The Civil Rights Department has just released the new required notice for California’s Victim-of-Violence Leave (AB 2499) that took effect on January 1, 2025. It layers fresh obligations onto employers, especially those with...more
Last year, California expanded victims’ leave provisions with Assembly Bill (AB) 2499. AB 2499 required the California Civil Rights Department (CRD), which is responsible for enforcement of the expanded law, to develop and...more
As federal immigration enforcement activities continue to impact California workplaces, employers must understand their obligations when presented with requests for employee records. The Immigrant Worker Protection Act...more
As we previously blogged, effective July 1, 2025, Los Angeles County’s new Fair Work Week Ordinance requires qualifying retailers and grocers (300+ employees nationwide in unincorporated LA County) to give workers predictable...more
Retail employers should note that the Los Angeles County Fair Workweek Ordinance will go into effect on July 1, 2025. This ordinance applies to employers in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Businesses can check on...more
In recent years, the increasing use of automated decision systems(“ADS”) in employment practices has raised concerns over worker rights, privacy, and fairness. As AI systems become more sophisticated and widespread, the...more
Spring has sprung. Unfortunately, for many employers, however, the new season is not marked by its characteristic hope and promise. Employers have been hit hard by decreased revenues, funding cuts, and increased costs....more
Assembly Bill 2499 (AB 2499) broadens the range of crimes for which victims of crime or abuse can take protected time off work and allows employees to take time off work in order to support family members who are victims of...more
Amid the ongoing Southern California wind and fire emergencies, California employers should keep in mind key emergency-related legal protections for employees and obligations placed on employers. Specifically, the Wage Theft...more
On January 1, 2025, a new whistleblowing posting requirement (AB 2299) took effect in California. The law does not change preexisting protections for California employees who act as “whistleblowers,” but, instead, imposes a...more
The new year is just around the corner, and that means that employers in California need to prepare for a host of new labor and employment law obligations that go into effect on January 1, 2025. One such obligation relates...more
Employers should be aware of three recent updates to certain notices and pamphlets that California employers must provide new hires. ...more
Join us online for a lively discussion of critical year-end updates for California employers. We will address new legislation and key case rulings. Topics include: - Key bills relating to paid sick leave, CalWARN notice...more
On September 29, 2022, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1044 which grants new protections and rights to most California employees in the case of emergency conditions in the workplace....more