All Items: California

California Further Strengthens Limits on Noncompete Agreements

Date:

October 27, 2023

Effective January 1, 2024, two new laws - SB 699 and AB 1076 - will bolster California's already-considerable limitations on the use of noncompete agreements.
California to Assume Adverse Actions Are Retaliation Unless Employers Prove Otherwise

Date:

October 16, 2023

A recently signed law creates a rebuttable presumption than an employer has unlawfully retaliated against an employee if the employer takes adverse actions shortly after the employee engaged in certain protected activities.
California to Require Workplace Violence Prevention Plans for Most Employers

Date:

October 13, 2023

Most employers in California will soon be required to develop and implement a written workplace violence prevention plan under a new law - the first of its kind in the United States.
California to Require Leave for Reproductive Loss

Date:

October 12, 2023

Starting in 2024, a new law will require California employers to provide employees up to five days of leave following a miscarriage, stillbirth, failed adoption, failed surrogacy or unsuccessful assisted reproduction.
California Expands Paid Sick Leave From Three to Five Days

Date:

October 6, 2023

Amendments to the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act (HWHFA) will increase the number of paid sick and safe days to which employees are entitled from three to five starting in 2024.
California Sets $20 Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers

Date:

September 29, 2023

AB 1228 represents a more employer-friendly version of the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (FAST Recovery Act), which was passed in 2022 but then blocked earlier this year before it could go into effect.
California Investigating Data Privacy Compliance Despite Enforcement Delay

Date:

July 27, 2023

California's Attorney General is conducting investigative information-gathering on large employers' compliance with the state's employee data privacy law.
Countering Tech Layoffs, California Bill Would Expand Mini-WARN Act

Date:

March 9, 2023

California lawmakers have introduced legislation to broaden employee protections under state law governing mass layoffs, relocations or terminations.
California's Mandatory Arbitration Ban Blocked by 9th Circuit

Date:

February 21, 2023

A California law barring employers from using compulsory arbitration agreements to resolve employment disputes conflicts with the Federal Arbitration Act, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a big win for employers.
California Fast Food Law Temporarily Blocked

Date:

January 4, 2023

Although there remains a chance the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (FAST Recovery Act) could take effect at a later date, it now faces an uphill battle.

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All Items: California

California Further Strengthens Limits on Noncompete Agreements

California to Assume Adverse Actions Are Retaliation Unless Employers Prove Otherwise

California to Require Workplace Violence Prevention Plans for Most Employers

California to Require Leave for Reproductive Loss

California Expands Paid Sick Leave From Three to Five Days

California Sets $20 Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers

California Investigating Data Privacy Compliance Despite Enforcement Delay

Countering Tech Layoffs, California Bill Would Expand Mini-WARN Act

California's Mandatory Arbitration Ban Blocked by 9th Circuit

California Fast Food Law Temporarily Blocked

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