by D. Gregory Valenza | Dec 30, 2019
AB 51 attempts to ban employers from requiring applicants or employees from entering into arbitration agreements as a “condition” of employment. I posted about the law here. Although the law tries a novel approach to banning arbitration, a federal...
by D. Gregory Valenza | Oct 24, 2019
We’ve gone over AB 5, AB 51 and several other new laws in previous posts over the past few months. Go back and read the previous posts. You know you want to. Anyway, Governor Newsom signed many other new employment laws in the past few weeks, which will change...
by D. Gregory Valenza | Oct 11, 2019
The Governor of California is furiously signing hundreds of bills before the deadline. Many will require employers’ attention. Fortunately, our Firm will do its annual legal update (live and via webinar) to help you make sense of it all. If you’re not...
by D. Gregory Valenza | Sep 23, 2019
OK, let’s wrap up this long discussion of AB 5. The 2750.3(a)(2) / Wage Order 2 Gotcha Subdivision 2750.3(a)(2) says: any exceptions to the terms “employee,” “employer,” “employ,” or “independent contractor,” and any extensions of employer status or liability,...
by D. Gregory Valenza | Sep 19, 2019
OK, AB 5 was just signed into law. It’s very long. You can read it in final form here. First, some general comments. What we’re going to accomplish here (I hope) is to provide some guidance as to what the law covers, and what tools are required to...
