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California Employers Face New Challenges for HR Data Processing

August 2025 | Americas

Employment Law Worldview

CA Makes Important Changes to PAGA: Will the Amendments Finally Balance the Scales for Employers? (US)

On July 1, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2288 and Senate Bill 92 significantly reforming California’s Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”). Twenty years ago, PAGA was enacted as a mechanism to allow California employees to collect penalties for Labor Code violations on behalf of the state. Since then, the statute has been...… Continue Reading

August 2024 | Blog

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California’s Workplace Violence Prevention Program

May 2024 | Americas

Employment Law Worldview

Court Decisions Following Viking River Cruises Largely Disappoint California Employers (US)

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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California Court of Appeals Examines Unconscionability in Arbitration Agreements

In yet another chapter of the saga involving California and its treatment of employment arbitration agreements, a Court of Appeals recently issued two decisions examining the state’s legal standard for determining unconscionable arbitration clauses. Fuentes v. Empire Nissan, Inc., — Cal. Rptr. 3d. —, No. B314490, April 21, 2023, 2023 WL 3029968 (Apr. 21, 2023)...… Continue Reading

May 2023 | Blog

Employment Law Worldview

Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Latest California Law Against Employee Arbitration Agreements (US)

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit struck down the California Legislature’s latest attempt in a prolonged effort to limit employers’ ability to make arbitration of all disputes a condition of employment. In an opinion issued on February 15, 2023, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the law, Assembly Bill 51, is preempted by...… Continue Reading

February 2023 | Blog

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The Rise of ESG and Global Workforce Challenges

January 2023

Employment Law Worldview

California Wage and Hour Issues for Employers to Watch in 2023: Is My Time-Rounding System Still Compliant? (US)

Virtually every employer in California has repeated the mantra of “no off-the-clock work” to its employees. But what about those minutes that are “on-the-clock” but remain unpaid because of rounding practices? Since 2012, when the California appellate court decided See’s Candy Shops, Inc. v. Superior Court, 210 Cal. App. 4th 889 (2012), employers have presumed...… Continue Reading

December 2022 | Blog