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California Bill Would Grant Employee Tax Deduction for Tuition Benefits

California legislators have been considering a bill that would enhance the tax benefits to employees for educational benefits employers provide, but the bill may not… https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/state-and-local-updates/pages/california-tuition-reimbursement.aspx

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California Court Examines Unconscionability in Arbitration Agreements

a California Court of Appeal recently issued two decisions examining the state’s legal standard for determining unconscionable arbitration clauses. https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/state-and-local-updates/pages/california-arbitration-unconscionability.aspx

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California Bill Would Limit Use of Criminal History Information

A bill introduced in the California Legislature, called the Fair Chance Act of 2023, would further restrict how employers can use information about the criminal… https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/state-and-local-updates/pages/california-criminal-background-checks-limited.aspx

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Fired Employee Can Take Disability-Based Associational Discrimination Claim

An employee who was fired after he took time off on an emergency basis to care for his disabled father could proceed with his claim under the California Fair Employment… https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/state-and-local-updates/pages/court-report-california-associational-disability.aspx

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Gig Worker Qualifies as an Employee, California District Court Concludes

A Grubhub delivery driver in California recently won his case to be classified as an employee, rather than an independent contractor. It’s one of the first… https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/state-and-local-updates/pages/california-grubhub-driver-employee.aspx

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Cal/OSHA Proposes Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Standard

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA Standards Board) recently published the official draft version of an indoor heat illness prevention standard. https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/state-and-local-updates/pages/indoor-heat-standards-california.aspx

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Employer Not Liable for Harassment Even Though Supervisor Sent Lewd Photos to Employee

Although a supervisor sent texts containing lewd photos to an employee, the employer was not liable for sexual harassment because the supervisor was not acting in his… https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/employment-law/pages/court-report-harassment-liability.aspx

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Employee’s Disability May Have Been a Factor in Layoff

An IT engineer could go forward with her disability bias claim even though she had been tentatively designated for layoff before she became disabled, a California… https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/state-and-local-updates/pages/court-report-disability-california.aspx

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Battle Over Infectious-Disease Regulations Under Way in California

Regulators are developing a general-industry standard for aerosol transmissible diseases (ATD), which are illnesses that can spread through the air. Employers are… https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/state-and-local-updates/pages/infectious-disease-regulations-california.aspx

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California Bill Would Increase Liability for Fast-Food Franchisors

A bill recently introduced in the California legislature would make fast-food franchisors jointly liable for the franchisee’s violations of employment law. https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/state-and-local-updates/pages/california-fast-food-franchise.aspx

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