Earlier today, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2053. This new law requires that mandatory sexual harassment training now include information about “abusive conduct” in the workplace. Abusive conduct is defined to include: “Conduct of an employer or employee in the workplace, with malice, that a reasonable person…
On January 1, 2014, the current LLC law in California (known as “the Beverly-Killea Limited Liability Company Act”) will be repealed and superseded by a new LLC law (known as the “Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act,” or “RULLCA”). Although the new RULLCA law does not require existing…
Yesterday, Governor Brown signed several more bills that further expand employee rights in California: AB 218 — Existing California law prohibits both public and private employers from asking an applicant to disclose, either verbally or in writing, any information about a prior arrest or detention that did not…
Governor Jerry Brown recently signed AB 241, also known as the “Domestic Worker Bill of Rights.” Under this new law, California workers in many household occupations will be entitled to overtime pay (at the rate of 1.5 times their regular rate of pay) for all hours worked in…
Yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 10 (AB 10) which raises the state’s minimum wage to $9.00/hour on July 1, 2014 and then to $10.00/hour on January 1, 2016. Unless some other state raises its minimum wage in the interim, the Governor’s signing of AB 10…
Yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 770 which expands California’s temporary family disability insurance program. Under the new law, employees who take time off to care for a seriously ill sibling, parent-in-law, grandparent, or grandchild are also eligible for up to 6 weeks of family disability leave…
Existing California law (Labor Code §218.5) awards attorneys’ fees to the successful party in any action brought to recover unpaid wages, fringe benefits, or pension fund contributions. Thus, if an employee brings an action to recover unpaid wages and wins, that employee gets his attorneys’ fees paid by the…
California’s Fair Employment & Housing Act (“FEHA”) already prohibits discrimination and harassment “based on sex.” Most people properly understand the term “sex” in this context to equate to “gender” or “gender identity.” Thus, most people understand that it is illegal for an employer to treat a female employee…
On October 10, 2011, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 22 (“AB 22”) which limits the ability of California employers to rely on an applicant’s or employee’s credit report or other credit history when making employment decisions. This represents a major change in California employment law. What is A.B….
On October 9, 2011, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 469 (“AB 469”) which will require private employers in California to provide written notice to most new hires of critical employment information, including the employer’s legal name, physical address, payroll dates, and workers’ compensation carrier, as well the wage…