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1/30/2025 3:11:23 PM Immigration enforcement underway: Preparing for I-9 inspections and site visits By Mara Curtis Betty Graumlich Cindy Minniti Noah Oberlander +1 more... Show less In the last week, the Trump Administration issued numerous executive orders related to immigration policy. The Department of Homeland...
11/25/2024 4:39:56 PM California voters vote no on $18 minimum wage By Mara Curtis Andrew Workman California voters have rejected a ballot measure that would have increased the state’s minimum wage to $18 on January 1, 2025. Defeated...
10/8/2024 3:39:27 PM California employment law legislative update: What employers need to know for 2025 By Mara Curtis Rachelle Hong Barton Claudia Ren Now that Governor Gavin Newsom’s September 30th deadline to approve or veto legislative bills has passed, California employers can begin...
7/3/2024 7:07:08 PM California enacts eight noteworthy changes to controversial Private Attorneys General Act By Mara Curtis Tanner Hendershot On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2288 and its counterpart Senate Bill 92 into law, which amend California’s Private...
6/3/2024 3:28:26 PM Key victory for California employers: California Supreme Court accepts good faith defense to wage statement violations By Mara Curtis Lauren Ziegler Jeffrey N. Elkrief On May 6, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued a significant ruling in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc. (Case No....
5/13/2024 4:43:34 PM Is this the end of PAGA? By Mara Curtis Victoria Shin For the past 20 years, the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) has been a thorn to employer’s side in California. In 2004, PAGA, a...
12/5/2022 7:41:16 PM California employment law legislative update: Employers must ring in 2023 with a host of new obligations By Mara Curtis Michael Kleinmann Rachelle Hong Barton Tanner Hendershot +1 more... Show less The deadline for California’s Governor to sign, approve without signing, or veto bills on his desk was September 30, 2022. We have...
6/24/2022 7:34:52 PM Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Arbitrability of PAGA Action By Mona Razani Corrie Buck Mara Curtis In a highly-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana (Case No. 20-1573)...