California
New requirements involving pay data reporting, pay transparency, workplace notices, paid family leave, civil penalties for wage theft and more are coming soon to California.
A new ruling makes clear that California employees may waive their right to a meal break prospectively.
2025 is shaping up to be another big year for pay transparency. Over a dozen states are currently considering legislative proposals that would require employers to include salary information in job postings.
Next month, voters will decide the fate of minimum wage initiatives in Alaska, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Missouri and Everett, Washington.
Several new bills addressing discrimination, language in job advertisements and more will affect employers in California beginning in January 2025.
California employers soon will no longer be able to require employees to use up to two weeks of PTO or vacation leave before beginning to receive state paid family leave benefits.
California has joined the ranks of states barring employers from requiring employees to attend meetings intended to communicate the employer's opinions on unions.
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