San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has passed an ordinance that will ban employers from inquiring about an applicant’s prior salary history. The Parity in Pay Ordinance, which is expected to be signed into law shortly by the City’s Mayor, will...
On 5/08/17, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Mendoza v. Nordstrom, clarifying California’s day of rest requirements. These requirements are set forth in Labor Code sections 551 and 552. Section 551 provides that “every person employed in any...
On January 1, 2017, San Francisco’s Paid Parental Leave Ordinance went into effect for employers with 50 or more employees. It will be phased in for smaller employers on July 1, 2017 (35+) and January 1, 2018 (20+). The law requires private employers to provide...
Dec. 22 2016 Today the California Supreme Court issued a decision in Augustus v. ABM Security Services, Inc., holding that employers cannot require employees to remain “on-call” during rest breaks, even though these short breaks are part of the employees’ paid hours...
New Law: Requesting Accommodation Constitutes Protected Activity Under the FEHA On July 15, 2015 Governor Brown signed into law AB 987, reversing the holding of Rope v. Auto-Clor System of Washington, Inc. (2013) 220 Cal.App.4th 635, where the Court of Appeal had...
