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Legislative Update: Stay-or-Pay delayed Continuing with our California legislative update series, we now turn to Assembly Bill (AB) 1697, a measure delaying to January 1, 2027,...
Legislative Update: Pay Data Reporting Penalty Increase... If you are a large employer, you are likely aware of the annual pay data reporting duties required by California’s Civil Rights Departme...
Legislative Update: Safeguards against Unlawful Immigra... Next in our legislative update series is a bill designed to protect immigrant workers against retaliation involving their perceived immi...
Legislative Update: New Restrictions on Automated Decis... Next in the lineup is newly enacted Senate Bill (SB) 947 which deals with reining in automated decision systems (ADS), a type of artific...
Legislative Update: Minimum Wage Increase for Agricultu... A United Farm Workers-sponsored measure, Assembly Bill (AB) 2646, has just been signed by California’s Governor establishing the minimum...
Legislative Update: Broadening California’s Anti-Harass... In Part 2 of our legislative update series, we will take a look at an important expansion to the already-existing anti-harassment traini...
Legislative Update: Changes to Bereavement LeaveAttention employers: it’s that time of year again. In our next series of articles, we will be highlighting some of the key new laws sign...
Major Updates to Employer First Aid Requirements Approv... The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (or Cal/OSHA) within the California Department of Industrial Relations has approved chang...
PAGA penalties drastically slashed by CA courtGood faith compliance by employers can go a long way these days. We have been keeping our readers apprised of the Private Attorney’s Gen...
New H-2A Wage Rates start August 3, 2026The Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor (DOL) has announced updates to the Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR...
Employer Alert: Minimum Wage Increase effective January ... In a recent press release, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California will raise the statewide minimum wage starting January 1, 202...
New Fact Sheet available regarding Workplace Disability ... Recently, the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) issued a new Fact Sheet entitled “Disability Accommodations at Work” guiding empl...