New California Laws

Last week, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc. to determine the effect of arbitration agreements on claims for penalties brought by employees…

In some rare and welcome news for California employers, on February 15, 2023, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, after first withdrawing its 2021 opinion in Chamber of Commerce of…

Effective January 1, 2023, California’s new broad pay transparency bill requiring employers to include pay ranges in all job advertisements will take effect. The bill also requires employers to submit…

On September 29, 2022, Gov. Gavin Newson expanded the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) by signing Assembly Bill 1041 into law, providing California employees the right to take leave to…

The Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance, proposed by UNITE HERE Local 11 to require, among other things, daily room cleaning, panic buttons, limitations on overtime and housekeepers’ workloads, and increased wages,…

If you use a staffing agency for your workforce, the California Supreme Court just issued an important decision that may affect your rights. In Grande v. Eisenhower Medical Center, the…

On June 15, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a bellwether decision that has the potential to dramatically decrease employers’ exposure under California’s Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA)….

This coming Monday, June 20, 2022, will be the second Juneteenth officially recognized as a federal holiday in the U.S. All federal government offices, federal courts, banks, post offices, schools,…

In two recent cases, judges have struck down recently enacted California statutes requiring diversity for underrepresented communities and for women on the boards of directors of publicly held corporations based…

The employment law landscape is always shifting, and there’s a lot to navigate, especially as the pandemic drags into its third year. On February 14, 2022, Hirschfeld Kraemer lawyers Steve…