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…
DFEH Issues Guidelines on Workplace Issues Related to Transgender Employees
On February 17, 2016, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) issued guidelines for employers on the rights under California law…
