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The Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) has long given trial court judges the discretion to reduce the civil penalties for which an employee may be held liable when the standard penalties would be “unjust, arbitrary, oppressive, or confiscatory.” Recently, in...
Employers should be aware of recent updates made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to Form I-9 compliance policies. Most notably, ICE reclassified several common “administrative” Form I-9 errors as “substantive” violations, increasing exposure for...
California employers must remain diligent in meeting the State’s evolving harassment prevention training requirements, including requirements to maintain detailed records and documentation of all training activities and new obligations to produce those records in...
The new year brings new laws affecting workplaces and California employers. We have summarized below several key changes affecting labor and employment and construction practices, most of which will go into effect on January 1, 2026: A. General Employment Assembly...
By: Kerri N. Kramer and Francesca Gonzales Under state and federal arbitration law, the default rule is that courts, not arbitrators, decide whether a dispute is subject to arbitration. Parties can contract around this, however, with a clause in their arbitration...
By: Kerri N. Kramer and Francesca Gonzales The California Supreme Court recently held that an aggrieved employee bringing an action under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) cannot intervene in another PAGA action with overlapping claims or object to a proposed...
By: Kerri N. Kramer and Francesca Gonzales April 24, 2025 In a newly-issued decision, the California Third District Court of Appeal reiterated the importance of drafting to arbitration agreement enforcement. In Ford v. The Silver F, Inc., the court held that the...