Topics: COVID-19, Employee Hiring, Discipline & Termination, New Laws & Legislation Employees in certain covered hospitality and service sectors, who were laid-off for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic, were granted another... Read more »
Topics: Court Decisions, Wage & Hour Issues As reported in last month’s CDF Wage & Hour Task Force blog post, a recent Ninth Circuit panel in Harstein v. Hyatt Corporation, held that... Read more »
Joshua Henderson comments on the implications of a new California workplace requirement for employers to adopt a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan in “California’s First-in-Nation Work Violence Law Sets Vague Duties,” published... Read more »
by Melissa Whitehead | | October 23, 2023 California law makes void any contract “by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind,” including... Read more »
November 28, 2023, 9:30 am to 11 am (Pacific). Join us for an in-depth complimentary webinar on November 28, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (Pacific Time), presented by CDF Partners... Read more »
A federal judge has declared a California law banning assault weapons unconstitutional, saying the prohibition enacted in 1989 against semi-automatic weapons could not stand under last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding... Read more »
Valentine’s Day “Gift” For Employers With California Employees That Work Under Noncompete Agreements
Topics: New Laws & Legislation, Non-Compete and Trade Secrets In September, California created a cause of action whereby employees may challenge non-compete agreements and win damages and attorney’s fees (see our prior... Read more »
Senior US District Judge Roger T. Benitez declared Califonia’s assault weapon ban unconstitutional on Thursday because it violates the right to bear arms enumerated in the US Constitution’s Second Amendment. The case... Read more »
Last year, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the FAST Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (AB 257), which sought to increase the California minimum wage to $22 per hour, with annual increases... Read more »
Joshua Henderson Comments on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Recent Veto of Workplace Discrimination Bills