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Jan 9, 2025 | 
shrm.org | Joy Rosenquist
California’s legislature covered a wide array of labor and employment law topics in the 2024 legislative session. The laws discussed below were signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom and became effective on Jan. 1, 2025, unless otherwise noted. This article also shares a few notes on policies that may be highlights for the upcoming 2025-2026 legislative session.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Joy Rosenquist
On December 11, 2024, the Los Angeles City Council voted to approve a draft ordinance proposal to increase the minimum wage in the tourism industry ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. This proposal was seemingly approved to avoid threats of a strike from local unions that represent hotel, airport, and tourism employees ahead of or during the Olympics.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
shrm.org | Lavanga Wijekoon |Joy Rosenquist |Priya Gupta |Stefan Marculewicz
On Sept. 22, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 3234, which requires employers to disclose the results of audits on child labor practices. Specifically, effective Jan. 1, 2025, AB 3234 requires employers that voluntarily conduct a social compliance audit for the purposes of determining whether child labor is involved in the employer’s operations or practices to publish the audit findings on the company website. AB 3234 offers little guidance on these disclosure duties.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Lavanga Wijekoon |Joy Rosenquist |Stefan Marculewicz |Michael Congiu
California's Assembly Bill (AB) 3234, which becomes
effective on January 1, 2025, imposes new disclosure duties on
employers conducting voluntary audits on child labor
practices.
The scope of the new law is unclear, and further guidance from
state labor authorities is expected.
Until such guidance is received, employers face the difficult
task of complying with a law that contains many ambiguities.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
littler.com | Lavanga Wijekoon |Joy Rosenquist |Priya Gupta |Stefan Marculewicz
California’s Assembly Bill (AB) 3234, which becomes effective on January 1, 2025, imposes new disclosure duties on employers conducting voluntary audits on child labor practices. The scope of the new law is unclear, and further guidance from state labor authorities is expected. Until such guidance is received, employers face the difficult task of complying with a law that contains many ambiguities.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
today.westlaw.com | Alexander MacDonald |Joy Rosenquist
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Alexander MacDonald |Joy Rosenquist
After years of litigation, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22, a voter-approved law allowing app-based drivers to work as independent contractors. The Court rejected a challenge by a group of labor unions, which argued that the law violated the state constitution. The Court’s decision means that the status quo will hold for app-based services. App-based platforms can continue operating as before, and app-based drivers can continue to work as independent contractors.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Alexander MacDonald |Joy Rosenquist
After years of litigation, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22, a voter-approved law
allowing app-based drivers to work as independent contractors. The
Court rejected a challenge by a group of labor unions, which argued
that the law violated the state constitution. The Court's
decision means that the status quo will hold for app-based
services. App-based platforms can continue operating as before, and
app-based drivers can continue to work as independent
contractors.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Joy Rosenquist |Bradford Kelley |Deborah Margolis |Alice Wang
There are increasingly divergent ways that governments across
the world are seeking to regulate AI in the workplace.
In March 2024, the European Parliament approved the European
Union's Artificial Intelligence Act, the world's first
comprehensive legal framework on AI.
In the United States, although congressional AI legislation
seems unlikely, there is more regulatory activity at the state and
local levels.
Federal agencies remain committed to regulating workplace
AI.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
littler.com | Joy Rosenquist |Bradford Kelley |Deborah Margolis |Alice Wang
There are increasingly divergent ways that governments across the world are seeking to regulate AI in the workplace. In March 2024, the European Parliament approved the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, the world’s first comprehensive legal framework on AI. In the United States, although congressional AI legislation seems unlikely, there is more regulatory activity at the state and local levels. Federal agencies remain committed to regulating workplace AI.
