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Where Are We Now With the Use of AI in the Workplace?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/17/2025

As we previously reported, employers must navigate a rapidly evolving legal landscape as artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform the modern workplace. From federal rollbacks to aggressive state-level regulation,...more

Exploring California’s Proposed AI Bill

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/22/2025

California lawmakers have proposed new legislation to reshape the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. While this bill aims to protect workers, employers have expressed concerns about how it might...more

An Important Win for Employers in California: Meal Period Waivers

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/28/2025

For over a decade, many California employers have issued written meal period waivers that permit employees to voluntarily agree to prospectively waive 30-minute meal periods throughout their employment and under certain...more

Prospective Written Meal Period Waivers Can Be Enforced in California Says the California Court of Appeal

Payne & Fears on 4/22/2025

Employers in California often offer employees the ability to sign “meal period waivers,” usually at onboarding. These written waivers reflect the employee’s agreement, on a going-forward basis, to waive their first meal...more

PAGA Reform Benefits Proactive Employers

Snell & Wilmer on 3/6/2025

In 2024, California reformed its Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) for the first time in the statute’s two-decade history. The reforms were less drastic than some had hoped, but they afford employers new avenues for...more

2025 California Labor & Employment Updates - What You Need to Know Part 1

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 2/20/2025

New legislation in 2025 focusing on Employee Rights, Public Records Act, Disability Discrimination and Wage and Hour Compliance. Employee Rights SB 1340 SB 1340 provides local governmental agencies with the authority to...more

Signs You Can’t Ignore If You’re Doing Business in California

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/11/2025

California law is complicated. When doing business in California, it helps to get the small things right – like mandatory postings. Keep reading for the signs California employers must post in the workplace...more

California Employment Laws Related to States of Emergency

BakerHostetler on 1/16/2025

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

California Determined to Take Lead on AI Regulation: A Glance at The State’s Proposed Artificial Intelligence Rules

Fisher Phillips on 3/18/2024

California wants to rein in artificial intelligence – and that means employers and businesses need to step up and pay attention. State lawmakers are considering more than 30 AI-related bills across a wide range of topics...more

New Law Says Employees Can Refuse to Come to Work When Emergency Conditions Exist in the Workplace

Weintraub Tobin on 10/20/2022

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

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