AB 594: Labor Code Enforcement

March 20, 2023 1:38 pmMarch 20, 2023 1:41 pm

Assembly Bill 594 by Assemblyman Brian Maienschein (D-San Diego) was recently amended to provide an alternative enforcement mechanism under the Labor Code. The bill would amend Labor Code Section 218, add Section 226.9, and add Chapter 8. Section 1 of the...

AB 1381: Call Centers

February 21, 2023 6:36 amFebruary 21, 2023 6:49 am

On February 17, 2023, Assembly Bill 1381 by Assemblywoman Akilah Weber (D-San Diego) was introduced to provide certain employment protections for workers in call centers. AB 1381 would add Labor Code Section 1412.1. AB 1381 would require each state agency...

New Bill Increases Paid Sick Leave

February 17, 2023 3:15 pmFebruary 17, 2023 3:18 pm

On February 15, 2023, Senate Bill 616 (Gonzalez) was introduced to increase the number of paid sick leave days in California by amending Labor Code Section 246. Current state law allows an employee to take paid sick days if they...

SB 497 – Protected Employee Conduct

February 16, 2023 10:19 amFebruary 16, 2023 10:28 am

On February 14, 2023, Senate Bill 497 by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), was introduced to create rebuttable presumptions for certain Labor Code violations. The bill would amend Labor Code Sections 98.6, 1102.5, and 1197.5. Section 1 of the bill...

New CA Bill Prohibits Unlawful Employee Contracts

February 15, 2023 7:24 pmFebruary 15, 2023 7:25 pm

On February 14, 2023, Assembly Bill 747 (McCarty) was introduced to prohibit certain employee contracts. AB 747 would amend Business and Professions Code Section 16601, as well as add Sections 6090.5 and 16608. Section 1 of the bill would add...

General Guidance in Reading the California Labor Code

June 25, 2022 7:02 amJune 25, 2022 7:06 am

California’s statutes are contained in 29 separate codes. The seventeenth alphabetically is the Labor Code. All 29 Codes have general provisions applicable to reading and interpreting that Code’s sections. The following are selected general provisions of the Labor Code: Section...

Labor Relations Under the California Constitution

June 1, 2022 11:24 amJune 1, 2022 11:31 am

Labor relations affecting the public and private sectors are contained in Article 14, which was added to the California Constitution by Proposition 14 on the June 8, 1976 ballot. This article contains the following five sections: Section 1 states that...