by Christopher Stecher and Connor Trafton | Mar 16, 2020 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
This morning the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Kim v. Reins Int’l. California Inc., holding that employees do not lose standing to pursue Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims even if they previously settled and dismissed their individual claims...
by Elizabeth Lindh, Christopher Stecher, | Feb 12, 2020 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
Yesterday, the United States District Court for the Central District of California denied two employers’ motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the enforcement of Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”). AB 5, which pertains to the classification of employees and independent...
by Elizabeth Lindh and Teresa Thong | Jan 30, 2020 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
Today, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California issued an order enjoining the California Attorney General, California Labor Commissioner, the California Workforce Development Agency, and the California Department of Fair Employment and...
by Elizabeth Lindh and Teresa Thong | Jan 24, 2020 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
On January 16, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California in California Trucking Association, et al. v. Becerra, et al., issued a preliminary injunction that will temporarily prevent the enforcement of Assembly Bill (AB 5) against...
by Marjorie Hall | Jan 2, 2020 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51) was set to take effect January 1, 2020. It prohibits requiring as a condition of employment arbitration of FEHA or Labor Code violations. (See KYL Alert dated December 18, 2019.) The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, California Chamber of Commerce,...
by Marjorie Hall | Dec 18, 2019 | Employment Alerts, Homepage News
As another year draws to a close, new laws are set to take effect once the calendar flips to January 2020. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is on the forefront of most minds, but that does not mean California employers should take other new laws any less...
