Employee Rights

By Alex Li and Xinying Valerian The close of California’s legislative season means changes in the employment landscape.  California continues to take the lead in enacting protections for workers. The following laws are set to take effect on January 1, 2023 unless otherwise specified. The Pay Transparency Act – SB 1162  This bill requires employers with […]

By Alex Li With the recent increase in anti-Asian hate crimes, such as the Atlanta spa shooting, our communities are being forced to confront patterns of anti-Asian bias and discrimination. In addition to this renewed attention, highlighted by the hashtag #stopasianhate on social media, Asian-American civil-rights organizations, such as Stop AAPI Hate, Stand with Asian

In California state lawmaking, the Governor has until October 1st every year to sign or veto new legislation.

Workers deserve every benefit and right owed to them. Unfortunately, some employers will try to cheat the system and deny workers the full benefits of employment.

In June 2022, the Supreme Court recently issued its long-awaited decision on whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts a California Supreme Court rule that forbade employment arbitration clauses from eliminating representative actions under the California Labor Code’s Private Attorneys General Act.

Mediation (as well as arbitration) is a process for resolving disputes outside of court.

A recent NLRB case against a video game company brings to light one common way corporations try to stop union formation.

By Helen Halldorsson, Esq. & Marcelo Lopez  The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2016 Current Population Survey revealed that Black women working full time received 63 cents for every 1 dollar paid to White men. This resulted in annual losses of $21,001 for Black women in 2016 alone [1]. Five years later, the state of California still

When an employee is terminated or laid off, their employer may offer them a severance payment, which is compensation given to an employee upon leaving the company. However, the employee usually has to sign a complex severance agreement in order to get the payment.

California is well-known for having strong protections for employees who have suffered retaliation at work.