In 2025, California legislators passed new employment laws that will bring changes to employment contracts, pay data reporting, paid family leave, and other employment-related topics. Employers in ...

Prior to a deadline of October 13, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed several bills into law impacting employers’ compliance obligations regarding pay transparency, workplace notices, pay ...

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and others have criticized California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Assembly Bill 288, arguing it encroaches ...

The 2024–2025 California legislative session came to an official close at midnight on October 13, 2025, when Governor Newsom’s deadline to sign ...

The NLRB claims a new state law unlawfully encroaches on federal jurisdiction over private-sector labor relations.

Governor Newsom has signed Assembly Bill (“AB”) 692 which makes it unlawful to include in employment contracts any terms that ...

The NLRB lawsuit argues California's Assembly Bill 288 usurps the authority of the federal labor board in regulating private sector labor disputes and union elections.

Opinion: The California Supreme Court's ruling in Stone v. Alameda Health System has already been used by courts to reject ...

On Oct. 13, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 261, a bill championed by Santa Clara County officials and labor leaders. The new law ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill bolstering wages for fast-food workers in Los Angeles in 2023. (Ringo Chiu / Associated Press) Responding to the Trump administration's hampering of federal ...

The measure was introduced to prevent conflicts of interest where lawmakers could vote on matters that would benefit their ...

On Oct. 8, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Pay Equity Enforcement Act into law on Latina Equal Pay Day. Advocates hope it ...