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Bill To Require Employers Include Pay Ranges in Job Advertisements Passes Assembly Committee

June 16, 2022 12:58 pm

A bill that would require employers to put in a pay range for all advertised jobs and send in pay data reports to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) continued to pass through the Assembly this week despite...

California Legislature’s Review of State Agencies

June 16, 2022 11:55 amJune 16, 2022 7:01 am

Among their myriad of duties and powers, the California Legislature is required to review state agencies and their work pursuant to Government Code Title 2 (Government of the State of California), Division 2 (Legislative Department), Part 1 (Legislature), Chapter 1.5...

LA DA Gascón Recall Group Has Collected Enough Signatures to Qualify for November Ballot

June 16, 2022 10:18 amJune 17, 2022 6:43 am

It appears the June Primary Election recall of progressive San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin has had some carryover impact on the recall of Los Angeles DA George Gascón. The working group collecting signatures for Gascón’s recall just announced they...

General Guidance in Reading the Evidence Code

June 16, 2022 6:28 amJune 16, 2022 6:35 am

California’s statutes are contained in 29 separate codes. The eighth alphabetically is the Evidence Code. All 29 Codes have general provisions applicable to reading and interpreting that Code’s sections. The following are selected general provisions of the Evidence Code: Section...

US Supreme Court Rules Federal Law Protects Signed Arbitration Agreements With Employers in CA

June 16, 2022 2:50 amJune 16, 2022 10:07 am

In an 8-1 ruling on Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA), which allows workers in the state to sue employers under the states name, does not allow employees to...

The Abundance Choice, Part 15: Our Fight for More Water

June 16, 2022 2:30 amJune 15, 2022 8:49 pm

There are plenty of ways to ration water, and California’s state legislature is pursuing all of them. Restrict agricultural water allocations until millions of acres of California’s irrigated farmland is taken out of production. Ban outdoor watering entirely in urban...

U.S. Supreme Court Again Strikes Down a California Arbitration Decision

June 15, 2022 7:42 pmJune 15, 2022 8:13 pm

In an expected, but nonetheless welcome opinion, the United States Supreme Court once again reversed a California appellate court decision regarding arbitration agreements. On June 15, the US Supreme Court issued its decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana,...