?A bill introduced in the California Legislature, called the Fair Chance Act of 2023, would further restrict how employers can use information about the criminal histories of job seekers and employees. The... Read more »
?As the temperatures rise, many employers, including those in the retail industry, may be fielding applications from minors looking for summer work. Before hiring applicants under the age of 18, it’s important... Read more »
?Takeaway: Resolving adjunct professors’ state-law claims for unpaid wages would involve interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement between the professors and the university, and so, under the doctrine of federal pre-emption, the... Read more »
?The California Supreme Court recently put the final nail in the coffin of an employee’s claim that California Labor Code Section 204 requires employees to be paid on weekends. The California high... Read more »
Takeaway: An employee who was fired after he took time off on an emergency basis to care for his disabled father could go forward with his claim for disability-based associational discrimination. ?An... Read more »
?A Grubhub delivery driver in California recently won his case to be classified as an employee, rather than an independent contractor. It’s one of the first misclassification cases in the nation to... Read more »
?California continues to take steps to regulate the burgeoning use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other data-driven statistical processes in making consequential decisions, including those related to employment. The California Civil... Read more »
?The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA Standards Board) recently published the official draft version of an indoor heat illness prevention standard. There are already heat illness regulations... Read more »
?More than two years after California voters passed a law amending the state’s landmark privacy rights statute, new regulations implementing the law finally took effect last week. Unfortunately, this leaves four key... Read more »
?Takeaway: Even though a manager sent lewd photos to an employee he supervised, the employer was not liable for harassment because the parties had a friendship outside of work, and when the... Read more »