California Disability Law May Cover Condition Outside Scope of Federal Law A trial court should not have dismissed a claim filed by a teacher against a school district alleging that...
California High Court to Answer Question About Employment Retaliation Is the California Supreme Court about to make it more difficult to dispose of whistleblower retaliation claims? That may...
Employee’s Comments About Headaches Not Deemed Request for Medical Leave An employee who said he was experiencing headaches and needed to follow up with his doctors did not make...
Here’s What California Employers Should Know About CCPA Compliance The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been amended several times since it passed in 2018—and employers should be...
Retaliation Claim Fails Since Employee Wasn’t Clearly Opposing Age Bias An employer could not have been aware that a former employee’s actions were intended to oppose age discrimination against...
Hazard Pay for Grocery Workers Is Trending in California Several cities in California have passed premium-pay ordinances mandating additional pay for certain grocery store and drugstore employees. Read...
DFEH Answers More Questions on Pay Data Reporting Rules The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) published more answers to frequently asked questions on the state’s...
Employer Waited Too Long to Force Arbitration of Workplace Claims Two truck drivers seeking to bring a class action against their employer did not have to arbitrate their claims...
Exempt Employee Can’t Collect Damages in Dispute over Work Hours An exempt employee who entered into an agreement with her employer to reduce her salary and hours was not...
Understanding Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 Exclusion-Pay Mandate California employers must reckon with new pay rules under the state’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards. Here’s a breakdown of...
Google Settles Pay and Hiring Bias Case for $3.8 Million Google has agreed to settle allegations of systemic pay and hiring discrimination at California and Washington worksites. More than...
New Employment Laws Better Protect Workers in California, Create Compliance Challenges A significant expansion of the California’s sexual harassment prevention law, a first-of-its-kind diversity law, salary history ban, and new...