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New California employment laws that impact employers

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 14 2011

Several new California employment laws will be going into effect in 2012

New California law penalizes willful misclassification of independent contractors

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 7 2011

Effective January 1, 2012, a new California law creates large penalties for employers who “willfully” misclassify their workers as independent contractors

The end of wage-and-hour class actions

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2011

In a decisive victory for employers, the United States Supreme Court held that, under the Federal Arbitration Act, an arbitration agreement can prohibit an individual from commencing or participating in a class action

California update: state union picketing laws banned

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2010

A recent decision by the California Court of Appeal effectively banned unions from picketing on business property within the state

Can ur employees' txt msgs b monitored? Supreme Court says yes

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 23 2010

Employers may monitor text messages sent by employees on employer-issued devices, according to a recent Supreme Court ruling