IMPORTANT: Pay Data Reporting Update: CRD Offers Enforcement Temporary Deferral

Bryan Little, Farm Employers Labor Service April 14, 2023 Pay data reporting required by SB 1162 had generated many questions (and headaches) among…

California Releases Guidance on Pay Scale Disclosures

Seyfarth Synopsis: As we blogged about previously, California passed a landmark pay transparency law in September 2022. As promised, the…

The Death of Rounding Practices May Be Around the Corner

Seyfarth Synopsis: Neutral rounding policies have long been approved by the California courts. See’s Candy Shops, Inc. v. Superior Court (2012).…

California Prohibits Employers from Retaliating Against Employees for Refusing to Work or Leaving Work During Emergency Conditions

On September 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 1044, which prohibits employers from retaliating against an employee for refusing…

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…

SCOTUS Denies Review of AB 5 Challenge

On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition to review the applicability of California’s AB 5 “ABC” test to owner-operator trucking…