(Source: CDF Labor Law, by Richard M. Green – November 30, 2023) In early 2020, Alco Harvesting, LLC hired Jesus Guzman, a citizen of Mexico, to perform agricultural work in Santa Maria under the H-2A visa program. The H-2A visa program allows employers to hire...
(Source: Zaller Law Group, PC, by Anthony Zaller – November 24, 2023) Here are five considerations that should be on the top of every California employer’s mind during the hiring process in 2024: Does the manager posting job ads understand which pay transparency...
(Source: Jackson Lewis, by Joshua M. Henderson – November 17, 2023) As the temperatures cool outside, the regulations for indoor heat illness prevention are heating up. Cal/OSHA has been working on a proposed Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Standard since 2017. In the...
(Source: CDF Labor Law, by Charanjit Singh & Taylor L. Wendland– November 10, 2023) On October 8, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 497, which makes it easier for employees to establish retaliation claims in California. SB...
(Source: Littler, by Kayvan Iradjpanah, Alyesha Asghar, and Ellie McPikeon – October 19, 2023) On October 8, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 54 (SB 54), Fair Investment Practices by Investment Advisers, which requires venture capital firms to...
(Source: CDF Labor Law, Dan Forman – October 18, 2023) In September this year, California created a cause of action allowing employees to challenge non-compete agreements and win damages plus attorney’s fees (see our prior blogs on “New CA Law Creates Non-compete...
(Source: Littler by Sebastian Chilco, Adam J. Fiss, and Michelle Barrett Falconer – October 5, 2023) On October 4, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 616, which arguably results in the most significant changes to California’s statewide paid sick and safe leave law...
(Source: Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo by Jennifer S. Grock, Jonathan Judge - September 14, 2023) On July 31, 2023, California’s Director of Finance certified that the state’s minimum wage for all employers will increase to $16 per hour, effective on...
(Source: CDF Labor Law by Dalia Z. Khatib and Dan M. Forman- September 12, 2023) Governor Newsom Signs New Executive Order to Guide California’s Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Earlier this month, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to tackle the new...
New Golden State Law to Create Gold Rush Litigation Testing Non-Compete Agreements (Source: CDF Labor Law by Dan M. Forman - September 7, 2023) For over two decades, California law concluded non-compete agreements are not enforceable in the context of employment,...
(Source: Proskauer by Tony Oncidi and Hayden F. Bashinski - August 22, 2023) When Congress passed and President Biden signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (“the Act”) last year, it was predicted that this was just the...
(Source: CDF Labor Law, LLP by Thomas B. Song – August 21, 2023) Cal/OSHA has long been able to cite employers for violating stringent outdoor heat-illness regulations, that apply to all “outdoor places of employment.” As a consequence, indoor workspaces subjected to...
