California Employment Law continues to evolve. This is a summary of new laws and amendments for 2018. New California Laws and Amendments: Minimum Wage Increase. 0-25 employees: increase from $10 to $10.50 per hour. 26+ employees: increase from $10.50 to $11 per hour. SB 3. Parental Leave (Small Employers). California…
Right to Seek Public Injunctive Relief Is Unwaivable in California
Last month, the California Supreme Court held that an arbitration agreement that bars right to seek public injunctive relief is unenforceable as contrary to California public policy. In McGill v. Citibank, N.A., the Court distinguished between class action waivers (and the waiver of the right to public injunctive relief. The Court held that…
California Courts Continue Barring PAGA Arbitration
California courts of appeal continue to deny arbitration for PAGA claims (the Private Attorney’s General Act of 2004 [Labor Code section 2698, et seq.]) In Tanguilig v. Bloomingdale’s (2016) 5 Cal.App.5th 665, and Hernandez v. Ross Store (2016) 7 Cal.App.5th 171, the Court of Appeal applied and amplified Iskanian v….