FELS Newsletter: September 2023
First Card-Check Petition Filed
The first petition seeking collective bargaining status under the provisions of card-check legislation enacted in 2022 has been filed with the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board. FELS has learned that the petition was filed by the United Farm Workers union for a bargaining unit consisting of employees working in the California tomato-production operations of DiMare […]
Longstanding Prohibition of Contracts in Restraint of Trade Further Tightened by California Legislature
Erica Rosasco, Rosasco Law Group Senate Bill 699, signed this month by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, has placed an exclamation point at the end of California’s already time-honored tradition of laws and public policy against noncompete clauses in employment contracts. Existing law under Business and Professions Code section 16600 provides: Except as provided in this […]
California Employers Using Criminal History Face New Compliance Obligations
Jennifer L. Mora, Senior Counsel and Pamela Q. Devata, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw For many years, California employers have been subject to the state’s Fair Chance Act, which (in a nutshell) requires employers to: On July 24, 2023, the Office of Administrative Law approved the California Civil Rights Council’s proposed modifications to the regulations applicable to […]
