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  California "Ban-the-Box" Law Significantly Limits Employers' Ability to Obtain and Use Information About Criminal Convictions in...
  by Mintz Levin - Employment Matters on 11/9/2017
  Just six months after California modified its regulations concerning past criminal convictions for applicants, California has taken the additional step of modifying the Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA") to expressly...more
  California Implements Statewide "Ban the Box" Law Effective January 1, 2018
  by LeClairRyan on 11/8/2017
  California has become the tenth state to pass the "ban-the-box" law which removes the conviction history question on job applications for private employers with five or more employees. Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois,...more
  by Proskauer - California Employment Law on 11/1/2017
  On Saturday, October 14, 2017, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1008 into law, which is set to take effect on January 1, 2018. Known as the "Ban the Box" legislation, in reference to the box applicants are...more
  California Bans the Box: Employers Must Review and Update Background Screening Processes
  by Bryan Cave on 10/23/2017
  Recently, on October 14, 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1008 ("AB 1008"), which adds Government Code Section 12952 into state law. Among other things, this new provision makes it an unlawful employment...more
  by Stoel Rives LLP on 10/20/2017
  On October 12, 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signed several bills regulating a wide range of employer actions, everything from the labeling of cleaning fluids to the employment application process. While compliance...more
  On October 14, 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1008, which will add a section to the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) containing new state-wide restrictions on an employer's ability to make...more
  by Weintraub Tobin on 10/17/2017
  On October 14, 2017, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 1008 (the "Fair Chance Act"). The new law puts in place some protections for those individuals with criminal backgrounds seeking employment. The new law will be...more
  by Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP on 10/17/2017
  On October 14, 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1008 a "Ban the Box" law that significantly restricts an employer's ability to seek or obtain information about a job applicant's criminal history. ...more
  Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Legislature has just created yet another protected class of individuals entitled to sue employers under the Fair Employment and Housing Act....more
  by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/2/2017
  In a recent, unpublished opinion, a California Court of Appeal found in favor of an employer on a marital status discrimination claim than an employee brought under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). The court held...more
  California Statewide Ban-the-Box Law Approved by Legislature
  In February 2017, five California assembly members introduced Assembly Bill 1008, which proposes to add a section to the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) containing new state-wide restrictions on an...more
  California may be the next jurisdiction to implement statewide "ban the box" legislation. Assembly Bill 1008 made its way from the Assembly through the Senate, and now awaits action from Governor Jerry Brown....more
  by Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/11/2017
  Seyfarth Synopsis: In Nakai v. Friendship House Association of American Indians, Inc., the California Court of Appeal considered whether marital disputes that spill into the workplace trigger FEHA's marital status protections...more
  by Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP on 8/22/2017
  In Charles T. Merrick v. Hilton Worldwide, Inc., et. al. (No. 14-56853, filed 8/16/17), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit applied a nuanced analysis within the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting...more
  Cannabis at work: An update for employers
  The legalization of cannabis in California raises significant questions as to whether employers can enforce policies prohibiting cannabis use by employees. Recent California legislation provides employers with the right to do...more
  Are You Ready For Important California And City Of Los Angeles Regulations Effective July 1, 2017?
  by Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/29/2017
  Both California and the City of Los Angeles have enacted regulations effective July 1, 2017 governing employer use of applicant and employee criminal history in making employment decisions. Below we summarize these upcoming...more