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California’s New AI Employment Rules: What Employers Need to Know

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/13/2025

California is the latest mover in a world of evolving AI regulation, amending the Fair Employment and Housing Act’s (FEHA) regulatory framework to address the use of artificial intelligence in employment-related decisions....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

The New 2022 California Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave: Answers to Employer Questions

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP on 2/11/2022

California employers with 26 or more employees must now prepare to comply with a new supplemental COVID-19 paid sick leave law (“2022 COVID-SPSL”). ...more

Los Angeles County Passes Proposal to Mandate $5 per Hour “Hero Pay” Increase for Food and Drugstore Employees

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/13/2021

On January 5, 2020, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (“Board”) approved a proposal, available here (“Proposal”), that would mandate that all food and drugstore employees in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles...more

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California’s New AI Employment Rules: What Employers Need to Know

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

The New 2022 California Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave: Answers to Employer Questions

Los Angeles County Passes Proposal to Mandate $5 per Hour “Hero Pay” Increase for Food and Drugstore Employees

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