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Throughout October 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed multiple employment-related Bills into law. These new measures address a wide range of workplace-related matters, including regulations aimed at the use of artificial intelligence, updates on paid leave, and amendments to mediation procedures. While some of these Bills will be subject to legal challenges that delay or...... Continue Reading
October 2025 | Blog
In Hohenshelt v. Superior Court, No. S284498, the Supreme Court of California addressed whether the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) preempts California Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.98, a provision within the California Arbitration Act that governs the payment of fees in employment and consumer arbitrations. In 2019, the California Legislature enacted section 1281.98, which seemed...... Continue Reading
August 2025 | Blog
In Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., No. S274340, 2024 WL 188863 (Cal. Jan. 18, 2024), the Supreme Court of California resolved a split among the Courts of Appeal regarding whether trial courts possess inherent authority to dismiss California Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) claims based on their lack of manageability and held...… Continue Reading
January 2024 | Blog
Soon it will be easier for California employees to establish a prima facie claim of retaliation in violation of California law. On October 8, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill No. 497 into law. Also referred to as the Equal Pay and Anti-Retaliation Protection Act, the legislation amends California Labor Code Sections 98.6, 1102.5 and...… Continue Reading
December 2023 | Blog
Latest California court decision is another example of judicial hostility to employment arbitration agreements. California employers and their employees frequently agree to resolve disputes through binding private arbitration, rather than the more time-consuming and costly process of litigating claims in court. However, to require arbitration, California employers are required to pay all fees unique to...… Continue Reading
September 2023 | Blog
California employers enthusiastically received the decision by the United States Supreme Court in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, 142 S. Ct. 1906 (2022). That case held the Federal Arbitration Act allows employers to compel employees to arbitrate the individual part of their claim under the California Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”). Some employers hoped...… Continue Reading
May 2023 | Blog
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