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PAGA Reform: What California Employers Need to Do Now

by Julie Totten, Katie E. Briscoe and Scott Morrison
4 minute read | July.23.2024

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law reforming the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), which permits employees to seek civil ...

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Adolph v. Uber: Sending Individual PAGA Claims to Arbitration Does Not Affect Plaintiffs’ Standing to Pursue a Representative PAGA Claim

by Katie E. Briscoe, Andrew R. Livingston, Lisa M. Bowman and Amanda MacDonald
3 minute read | July.20.2023

This ruling breaks from the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Morian.

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Six Degrees of Separation: Temperature Testing as Employees Return to Work

by Julia C. Riechert and Katie E. Briscoe
May.20.2020

As states begin to reopen and employees return to the workplace, employers are faced with trying to protect workers and prevent the spread of ...

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Try To Restrain Yourself: California Is Temporarily Restrained From Enforcing Arbitration Ban

by Katie E. Briscoe
3 minute read | January.07.2020

Remember California’s new ban on mandatory workplace arbitration agreements? The Eastern District of California has put it on ice, granting a ...

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Not Your Call: California Employers May Pursue Damages for Employees’ Illegal Recordings

by Julia C. Riechert, Katie E. Briscoe and Necia Hobbes
3 minute read | June.17.2019

In the age of smartphones, virtually everyone has a recording device at his or her fingertips—including employees.

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9th Circuit: Employers Must Foot the Bill for Post-Offer Follow-up Medical Exams

by Katie E. Briscoe
3 minute read | October.23.2018

The Ninth Circuit recently sided with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), holding that employers can’t require applicants to pay ...

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CA Court of Appeal Ruling Takes PAGA Standing By The Reins

by Katie E. Briscoe
2 minute read | January.23.2018

Since its inception, the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (“PAGA”) has been a thorn in employers’ sides by allowing “aggrieved employees” to ...

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Sick of It Yet? The DLSE Issued New Paid Sick Leave FAQs

by Joseph Liburt and Katie E. Briscoe
4 minute read | June.07.2017

Paid sick leave remains an epidemic that won’t quit. Since California enacted the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (Cal. Lab. Code § ...