Hospitality employers in California beware. Effective July 1, 2024, California’s Junk Fee Ban (SB 478) will go into effect, making it unlawful to advertise, display or offer a price for a good or service that does not include all mandatory fees or charges.
This bill is intended to…
Continue Reading Hospitality Industry Impact of Upcoming No Junk Fee BanNearly all employers in the state of California must prepare a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan…
Continue Reading New Guidelines Released on Workplace Violence PreventionOops we did it again…For your reading pleasure, we have compiled a monster chart of…
Continue Reading A Chart of All of California’s State and City Paid Sick Leave LawsThe allure of doing business in California is undeniable. It is the world’s fifth largest…
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Employers Must Adapt to New Demands for Disclosure in California Employment Lawsuits
An important new discovery tool – demands for disclosure — are available for use in California state court employment lawsuits filed from January 1, 2024, and later. The demands significantly…
Continue Reading Employers Must Adapt to New Demands for Disclosure in California Employment LawsuitsAfter four long years of litigation, AB 51, intended to prohibit mandatory arbitration agreements, has been permanently enjoined. California companies may rejoice in a rare win allowing enforceable arbitration agreements…
Continue Reading Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Are OkWith 38% of companies expecting to layoff employees in 2024, the start of the new year has already seen the announcements of thousands of employee layoffs across all sectors. What’s…
Continue Reading Conducting a Respectful RIFCalifornia Supreme Court Holds That Trial Courts May Not Strike PAGA Claims on Manageability Grounds
In a blow for employers, the California Supreme Court held that trial courts may not strike PAGA claims on manageability grounds.
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Continue Reading California Supreme Court Holds That Trial Courts May Not Strike PAGA Claims on Manageability GroundsBeginning New Year’s Day 2024, employers are required to give all non-exempt new hires working in California a new form of Wage Theft Prevention Act Notice containing new information. Employers…
Continue Reading Employers Must Give New Hires Expanded Wage Theft NoticeYou are invited to “Thinking Forward: Mitigating Workplace Risks in 2024” – our annual, half day symposium designed to set you up for success in 2024! This year’s compelling webinar…
Continue Reading January 24, 2024 Webinar: “Thinking Forward: Mitigating Workplace Risks in 2024”As you surely know by now, non-compete and non-solicit agreements, and related provisions in settlement or other types of agreements, will be even more heavily scrutinized in California in 2024. …
Continue Reading Time to Revisit Your Confidentiality AgreementIt has been an eventful year for California employers, and I don’t anticipate a slowing of pace in 2024. Between higher minimum wages, increasingly complicated local ordinances (e.g. paid sick)…
Continue Reading Three Workplace Issues to Watch in 2024I have often said to clients that retaliation claims in California are the easiest claims to allege and the hardest claims to defend. Regardless of the statute, a retaliation claim…
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