On July 17, 2023, the California Supreme Court unanimously held in Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc. that even if a plaintiff who brings a claim under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) has their individual...more
Some good news for California employers. Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that California employers can require employees and applicants to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of...more
A divided three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the January 2020 preliminary injunction against enforcement of Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51), and upheld portions of the law that prohibited employers from...more
In his first year in office, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed several laws impacting California employers. A summary of some of the key new laws follows. The effective date of the particular new law is indicated in the...more
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