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California Employee Retaliation Claims Easier Under New Law

California Employee Retaliation Claims Easier Under New Law

(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...

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Expanded Paid Sick Leave Under Recent Amendment

Expanded Paid Sick Leave Under Recent Amendment

(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...

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Minimum Wage Increases to $16 Per Hour

Minimum Wage Increases to $16 Per Hour

(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...

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New Artificial Intelligence Executive Order

New Artificial Intelligence Executive Order

(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...

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New CA Law Creates Non-compete Litigation Testing

New CA Law Creates Non-compete Litigation Testing

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,...

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The Beginning of the End of Arbitration

The Beginning of the End of Arbitration

(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...

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California Poised for New Indoor Heat-Illness Regulation

California Poised for New Indoor Heat-Illness Regulation

(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...

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