California Labor Laws 2015: California Expands National Origin Discrimination Definition
Feb 13, 2015
In 2013, Assembly Bill [AB] 60 created Vehicle Code section 12801.9 authorizing the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to provide driver’s licenses to undocumented individuals. AB 60 thus...
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New California Labor Laws 2015-New Requirement for Computer Professional Overtime Exemption
Nov 06, 2014
California Labor Code section 515.5 exempts certain employees in the computer software field from overtime compensation. The criteria include set minimum compensation. The California Department of I...
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Arbitration Companies Must Disclose Certain Information
Nov 06, 2014
Effective January 1, 2015 in California, private arbitration companies, including the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS), must publicly post...
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Preventing Workplace Bullying - Abusive Conduct Prevention Training Now Required Every Two Years
Oct 16, 2014
Effective January 1, 2015, a California employer must include prevention of abusive conduct as a component of legally-mandated sexual harassment training and education. (Assembly Bill [AB] 2053). Man...
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Mandatory Paid Sick Leave For California Employees - Law Goes into Effect July 1, 2015
Sep 25, 2014
As reported in “Will California Employers Have to Cough Up Paid Sick Leave?”, the proposed Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (Assembly Bill [AB] 1522) was the California Legislature’s t...
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To Vape or Not To Vape - Should Employers Ban E-Cigarettes in the Workplace?
Sep 12, 2014
Given the widespread popularity of electronic cigarettes, more cities and states are passing legislation to address their use in the workplace. Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are battery-pow...
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Ain’t No Such Thing as a “Free Call”
Sep 11, 2014
Employer Must Pay Portion of Employee’s
Unlimited Data Plan for Work-Related Calls The case The California Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of employee Colin Cochran on his class action lawsuit on...
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Brinker Case Settles for $56 Million - Settling High Profile Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuit
Aug 28, 2014
After waging a 10-year legal battle, Brinker Restaurant Corp., the parent company for Chili’s and Maggiano’s restaurant chains, has settled its wage and hour class action lawsuit. On August 6, 2014,...
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Banned Box and Beyond -- San Francisco Employers Must Give Former Convicts a Fighting Chance
Aug 27, 2014
Joining a growing movement of 12 states and more than 60 cities with “ban the box” laws, i.e., deleting the typical criminal history check box often seen on employment applications, San Francisco’s Fa...
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Wake-Up Call on Inside Salespersons
Jul 31, 2014
California employers may qualify commissioned inside salespersons as exempt from overtime if they earn at least 1.5 times the state minimum wage for each hour worked with more than fifty percent of th...
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