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New AI Hiring Rules and Lawsuits Put Employers on Notice: What HR Needs to Know

Adam Bouka By Adam Bouka Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming how companies find, evaluate, and hire talent—but it’s also raising red flags among regulators and courts. Two big developments in May 2025 show that HR...more

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California Introduces Another AI Anti-Discrimination Bill: What Employers Need to Know

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A newly proposed California bill seeks to regulate artificial intelligence decision-making tools in employment and other key areas – but will this proposal suffer the same fate as last year’s doomed legislative efforts?...more

Epstein Becker & Green

California 2025: The Next Wave of New Employer Compliance Obligations Is About to Hit

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The California Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom have again enacted a number of laws that will affect California employers. This Insight summarizes the significant changes to California employment laws taking effect in...more

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[Event] Annual Employment Law Summit - May 15th, San Diego, CA

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The agenda for Mintz’s Annual Employment Law Summit taking place on May 15th in San Diego is now available! This year, we are thrilled to feature Hon. William McCurine as our keynote speaker. The segments this year include:...more

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California Employers: New Employment Laws for 2023

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This year has yet again been busy for the California Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom, as they enacted several significant changes to hiring and workforce management, wage and hour, COVID-19, and other employment laws....more

Stoel Rives - World of Employment

Deadline for California Employers to Comply with the California Privacy Rights Act

On June 28, 2018, then California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).  The CCPA provided significant privacy rights and protections to California consumers and placed numerous...more

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Does A California Corporation Have The Power To Indemnify Corporate Employee Benefit Plan Fiduciaries?

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Section 317 of the California Corporations Code authorizes, limits and  in one circumstance even mandates the indemnification of a person by reason of the fact that the person is, or was, an "agent" of the corporation.   The...more

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Owners, Directors, Officers And Managing Agents May Face Liability Under This California Statute - Oh My!

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Section 558.1 of the California Labor Code provides that a "person acting on behalf of an employer" may be liable "as the employer" for violating, or causing to be violated, any provision regulating minimum wages or hours and...more

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California Privacy Rights Act for Employers: Vendor Contracting Requirements

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This is the fourth in a series of articles about the implications of the California Privacy Rights Act for employers. The impending January 1, 2023 effective date of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) has created a...more

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California Court Declines Full Faith And Credit To Utah's Compulsory Cross-Complaint Statute

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In 2016, the California legislature enacted Labor Code Section 925 which prohibits an employer from requiring an employee who primarily resides and works in California, as a condition of employment, to agree to a provision...more

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New California Law Further Restricts Confidentiality Provisions in Employment, Settlement, and Separation Agreements

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California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law the “Silenced No More Act” (SB 331 or the “Act”), which expands limitations on confidentiality provisions in settlement agreements for filed claims, previously...more

Stoel Rives - World of Employment

California Supreme Court Clarifies Employees’ Rights to Premium Pay for Missed Meal and Rest Breaks

In Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC, the California Supreme Court determined that the phrases “regular rate of compensation” and “regular rate of pay” are synonymous for the purposes of California Labor Code section...more

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Columbus Day Is A State Holiday, So Why Are So Many State Employees Working Today?

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California Government Code Section 6700 lists the following days as "holidays in this state"...more

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