Ninth Circuit Reverses Its Own Precedent and Newly Holds That Prior Salary History Cannot Justify a Pay Disparity Between Men and Women
You may recall that last year, we reported on a Ninth Circuit case, Rizo v. Yovino, wherein the Court of Appeal held that an applicant’s prior salary history is a “factor other than sex” that an employer may rely on, either alone or in combination with other factors,...
2018 Updates & Changes to California Employment Law
2018 Changes in Employment Law
San Francisco Passes Ordinance Banning Salary History Inquiries
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 become operative July...
California Supreme Court issues its opinion in Mendoza v. Nordstrom, clarifying California’s day of rest requirements
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...
San Francisco’s Paid Parental Leave Ordinance takes effect on January 1, 2017
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...
California Supreme Court: On-Call Rest Breaks Are Not Permissible
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...
Assembly Bill 1513 signed into law by Governor Brown.
AB 1513 significantly changes the requirements governing payment of piece-rate compensation and non-productive time in California beginning January 1, 2016. AB 1513 creates Labor Code section 226.2 which sets forth requirements for the payment of a separate hourly...
California Fair Pay Act Signed Into Law – Governor Brown signed the California Fair Pay Act into law requiring California employers to pay women and men the same wages for similar work.
SB 358 by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) – Conditions of employment: gender wage differential Existing law regulates the payment of compensation to employees by employers and prohibits an employer from conditioning employment on requiring an employee to...
New law recognizes request for accommodation on the basis of religion or disability constitutes protected activity.
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...
New Law: Requesting Accommodation Constitutes Protected Activity Under the FEHA
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015 New Law: Requesting Accommodation Constitutes Protected Activity Under the FEHA In Rope v. Auto-Clor System of Washington, Inc. (2013) 220 Cal.App.4th 635 (discussed here), the plaintiff sued his former employer, alleging that it violated the...
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