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California Employment Law Update
California’s Civil Rights Department Adds More Detail to Regulations Regarding Consideration of Applicants’ Criminal History
By Philippe A. Lebel, Michelle Lappen
In the weeks and months since it changed its name from the Department of Fair Employment and Housing to the California Civil Rights Department (“CRD”), the agency has been busy. …
California Employment Law Update
Equal Pay Act Claim Should Not Have Been Dismissed
By Tony Oncidi
Allen v. Staples, Inc., 84 Cal. App. 5th 188 (2022) Joyce Allen worked at Staples as a field sales director (FSD) reporting to area sales vice president Bruce Trahey; FSD…
California Employment Law Update
FEHA Employee Who Was Working Remotely May Sue In County Where She Lived
By Tony Oncidi
Malloy v. Superior Court, 2022 WL 4298371 (Cal. Ct. App. 2022) Eleanor Malloy began working remotely for her employer (which was located in Orange County) at her home in Los…
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
Key Considerations For Employers When Developing An Anti-Harassment, Discrimination, And Retaliation Policy
By Guest Author
The Fair Employment and Housing Act (the FEHA) provides employees with legal protection from harassment, discrimination and retaliation. The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is the California agency…
California Employment Law Update
Nurse’s Discrimination Claims Against Hospital Were Properly Dismissed
By Tony Oncidi
Wilkin v. Community Hosp. of the Monterey Peninsula, 71 Cal. App. 5th 806 (2021) Kimberly Wilkin worked as a registered nurse for the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula before…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Restores California’s Ban on Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements
Q: May employers require that employees enter into agreements as a condition of employment, mandating them to arbitrate employment-related claims? A: Not without risk. California Assembly Bill (AB) 51 bans…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
California Enacts Expanded Restrictions on Confidentiality Provisions
By Julia Y. Trankiem, Timothy Kim
Governor Newsom has signed SB 331 (the “Silenced No More Act”) into law. As discussed in our prior blog post, SB 331 will expand the existing restrictions on the confidentiality…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Upholds in Part California’s Ban on Mandatory Arbitration
A divided Ninth Circuit panel dealt a blow to California employers recently in holding that a state law prohibiting mandatory arbitration agreements is largely not preempted by the Federal Arbitration…
Workforce Bulletin
Marijuana Legalization Rundown: Recent Judicial Decisions
By Nathaniel M. Glasser, Anastasia A. Regne, Eric I. Emanuelson Jr., Jenna D. Russell
As we wrote in our last Marijuana Legalization Rundown, state legislatures across the country have been busy enacting cannabis legalization laws this year. Along with those laws has come a…
Employment & Labor
Is Wi-Fi Sickness a Disability? California Appellate Court Holds That It Is Under FEHA
By Cory L. Webster, Laura P. Worsinger, Allison M. Scott
Is Wi-Fi sickness a disability? The California Court of Appeal just said it is in Brown v. Los Angeles Unified School District (2d Dist., Div. Eight), Case No. B294240. In a case…