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Posted: | CDF Labor Law LLP Category: California - General
By: Navigating Politics in the Workplace
In a state as diverse and politically active as California, employers are bound to encounter clashing political expressions among employees this election cycle. Navigating these challenges and enforcing policies affecting the expression of employees’ political beliefs in the workplace can be a daunting task.
Posted: | CDF Labor Law LLP Category: California - General
By: 2024 PAGA Reforms – Has the Landscape Changed?
The Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), enacted in 2004, upturned California’s employment law landscape. In theory, PAGA allowed employees to file lawsuits to recover civil penalties
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: California - General
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has created numerous opportunities for growth and economic development throughout California. However, the unregulated
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: California - General
Hospitals must prepare now to comply with Assembly Bill (AB) 2975, which requires certain hospitals to implement a weapons screening policy and use
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: California - General
Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1034, which extends the exemption from the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) for certain employees
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: California - General
Senate Bill 1137: California Amends Law to Clarify Protection for Combinations of Protected Characteristics Assembly Bill 2499: California Amends Jury,
Posted: | Littler Category: California - General
California law provides robust protections for employees’ political activity, including anti-discrimination and retaliation protections. California law also provides employees broad protections for lawful off-duty conduct. California employers are required to provide employees with time off to vote and post a notice explaining those rights. For the upcoming election, this notice
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: California - General
The California Governor recently signed Senate Bill (SB) 988, which establishes the Freelance Worker Protection Act (Act) which imposes minimum requirements relating to contracts between a hiring party and a freelance worker.
Under the new law, “freelance worker” is defined as a person or organization composed of no more than
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: California - General
On September 28, 2024, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 1100 into law making it an unlawful employment practice to include statements about the need for a driver’s license in job advertisements, postings, applications, and similar employment material. In California, driver’s licenses have increasingly become a condition of employment. The
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: California - General
According to the California legislature, audio recordings, video recordings, and still images can be compelling evidence of the truth. However, the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI), specifically, generative AI, has made it drastically easier to create fake content that is almost impossible to distinguish from authentic content. To address this
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: California - General
A patchwork of artificial intelligence laws in various jurisdictions across the U.S. makes it challenging for employers to understand whether they’re subject to these laws aimed at regulating AI. California may be the next state to create artificial intelligence laws by defining AI, requiring more transparency, and imposing other safety, testing, reporting, and enforcement standards.
Posted: | Shaw Law Group, PC Category: California - General
Just signed into law this past weekend by the Governor and having received near unanimous bipartisan support, AB 3234 is aimed at protecting minor employees. Specifically, it requires employers to post on their website the findings of a social compliance audit that relates to the employer’s compliance with child labor laws.
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: California - General
On September 22, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 3234 into law which imposes more transparency requirements for employers that audit their child labor practices. The bill will take effect on January 1, 2025.
Under AB 3234, any employer that has voluntarily subjected its business to a
Posted: | CDF Labor Law LLP Category: California - General
Join us for a complimentary webinar during which CDF partners will discuss the new iteration of California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) and related legal developments while providing attendees with strategic guidance on leveraging these reforms to avoid and defend PAGA litigation.
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: California - General
Data privacy and security risk and compliance issues relating to exchanges of personal information during merger, acquisition, and similar transactions can sometimes be overlooked. In 2023, we summarized an enforcement action resulting in a $400,000 settlement following a data breach that affected personal information obtained during a transaction.
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