new and proposed laws legislation

UPDATE: California Labor Commissioner Amends Recently-Issued Guidance Regarding Wage Theft Prevention Act

January 04, 2012 20:26

Last week, we reported that the California Labor Commissioner issued a template "Notice to Employee" as required by the Wage Theft Prevention Act of 2011 (the "Act"), which went into effect January 1. The Act requires employers to furnish specified wage information to certain...

California Labor Commissioner Issues Long-Awaited Guidance On Wage Theft Prevention Act

December 29, 2011 22:12

Please visit the update to this entry, available here. On the eve of the implementation of California’s Wage Theft Prevention Act of 2011, the California Labor Commissioner has made available to employers a template Notice (Word / pdf) that complies with the requirements of new Labor...

New California Law Prohibits Discrimination Based on Genetic Information

September 22, 2011 18:34

The number of protected classes under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”), Cal. Gov’t Code § 12900 et seq., has risen by one. The FEHA, together with the Unruh Civil Rights Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 51, currently prohibit discrimination in...

Chamber of Commerce Releases Annual List of Job Killer Bills

May 26, 2011 16:45

With California’s unemployment rate among the highest in the nation, employers doing business in the state are particularly sensitive to new legislation that would further increase the burdens on businesses and hamper economic growth. With these concerns in mind, the California Chamber of...