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Steven G. Mehta Blog
California Lactation Accommodation: Privacy, Clean Facilities, and the Compliance Traps Behind an Apparently Adequate Room
This article is for educational purposes only and does not create an attorney-client relationship. California employers often understand the broad outline of lactation accommodation law. An employee needs adequate break…
California Workplace Law Blog
California Employers Take Note of the Recent IRS Mileage Rate Increase
California Labor Code section 2802 requires employers to reimburse employees for necessary expenses incurred in performing their job duties, which may include an employee’s use of their personal vehicle for…
California Environmental Law & Business Litigation Blogs and Articles
IRS Updates Mileage Reimbursement Rate: What California Employers Should Know
California Labor Code section 2802 requires California employers to reimburse employees for all necessary expenses incurred in the course of their employment, including the business use of their personal vehicles.…
California Employment Law Report
Poaching Employees, Customers, and Pipelines: Five Things California Employers Must Know After Guild Mortgage v. CrossCountry Mortgage
California employers know the rule by heart: non-competition agreements are void in this state. Business and Professions Code section 16600 has been on the books for over a century, and…
California Workplace Law Blog
California Workplace Violence Prevention: Annual Review and Training Deadlines Are Coming Back Around
As summer approaches, California employers should remember that it’s time to review their workplace violence prevention plans and conduct their annual workplace violence prevention training. As a reminder, Labor Code…
California Employment Law Report
How California Employers Can Prepare for the July 1, 2026 Minimum Wage Increases
July 1 is just around the corner, and with it comes another wave of local minimum wage increases across Southern California. For employers operating in multiple jurisdictions—particularly those with hotel,…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Cal. Court Says Employer’s Arbitration Win Precludes Representative PAGA Claim
By By: Cameron J. Davila, Zachary V. Zagger
Quick Hits The California Court of Appeal held that an arbitrator’s finding of no Labor Code violations has issue-preclusive effect on an employee’s PAGA standing. The decision barred an employee…
California Employment Law Blog
Martinez v. Sierra Lifestar is a reminder that California courts are not going to let employers defeat wage‑and‑hour class actions just by slicing up bonus practices and calling them “unique” to each employee.
What happened in Martinez? A former EMT sued his private ambulance employer, alleging it systematically underpaid overtime, double time, and meal/rest premiums by excluding nondiscretionary bonuses from the regular rate…
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
Breaking Ground On New California Public Works Prevailing Wage Requirements
By: Heather Frisch, Christopher Bouquet, and Ashley Stein Seyfarth Synopsis: As of January 1, 2026, AB 889 bulldozed California’s Prevailing Wage law, which impacts public works employers—including public agencies, the…
The Construction Seyt
Breaking Ground On New California Public Works Prevailing Wage Requirements
By Heather Frisch, Christopher Bouquet, Ashley Stein
Seyfarth Synopsis: As of January 1, 2026, AB 889 bulldozed California’s Prevailing Wage law, which impacts public works employers—including public agencies, the contractors that work for them, and private owners…