A San Diego jury awarded that amount to a former employee who claimed he was wrongfully terminated based on his arrest record and then defamed.

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 2770 (Assembly Member Irwin; D-Thousand Oaks), an act to amend Section 47 of the Civil Code. The bill should protect both sexual harassment victims and employers...

We invite you to review our newly-posted July 2018 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law.

The court left standing an employer obligation to warn employees in writing of an imminent inspection of I-9 forms by federal immigration authorities

On Tuesday, a Los Angeles jury did what L.A. juries do so often these days

In a highly anticipated decision, the United States Supreme Court today held that it is a violation of the First Amendment to require public sector employees who are not members of a union to pay any union dues...

In the immortal words of Mao Zedong: "Let a hundred flowers blossom!"

Earlier this month, San Francisco's Public Safety & Neighborhood Services Committee unanimously approved an ordinance that requires certain cannabis business permit applicants to agree to enter into a collective bargaining agreement (a "Labor Peace Agreement") with a "Bona Fide Labor Organization" as a condition of receiving a cannabis business permit.

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partner Tony Oncidi and senior counsel Harris Mufson discuss key developments in California employment law ...

California Assembly Member Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) has introduced legislation (Assembly Bill 3042) that would recognize "International Workers' Day" as a public holiday ...

The California Office of Administrative Law recently approved new amendments to the California Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA"), strengthening the protections afforded to applicants and employees, including individuals who are undocumented, on the basis of their national origin.

Two recent verdicts from California Superior Court juries have awarded former employees $6 million and $7.9 million, respectively, in compensatory damages after a finding of wrongful termination.

We invite you to review our newly-posted May 2018 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law.

On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court issued its unanimous ruling in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, making it even harder for companies to classify workers as independent ...

The California Chamber of Commerce has just identified a new raft of recently introduced "job killer" bills that have been proposed in the California Legislature.