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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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