California Mandated Employer Bereavement Leave Policy

On September 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1949 creating protected bereavement leave for employees.Existing LawCurrently,…

SB 1162: Increased Pay Data Transparency Means More Hoops for California Employers to Jump Through

On Tuesday September 27, 2022, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1162 (“SB 1162”) which goes into effect January 1, 2023. SB 1162 was marketed…

FAA Preempts California Prohibition on PAGA Arbitration Waiver

Employers finally get some relief from the PAGA claims ravaging California agriculture by way of a pivotal long-awaited opinion by the United States Supreme…

Federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act

President Biden has signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 which included two acts providing federal employment protections to mothers. The…

Dept. of Fair Employment & Housing Announced Stepped-up FCA Enforcement

Bryan Little, Farm Employers Labor Service December 10, 2021 In October 2021, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”)…

DFEH/EEOC Compliance News & Resources

April 9, 2021: On March 29, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that qualifying employers (see qualification criteria below)…

Bostock Decision Prohibits Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Discrimination 

  The U.S. Supreme Court in its recent decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia found that Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964…