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: 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...
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...
Healthy Workplace Healthy Family Act of 2014 (AB 1522) An employee who, on or after July 1, 2015, works in California for 30 or more days within a year from the beginning of employment, is entitled to paid sick leave. Employees, including part-time and temporary...
