Alert
Effective January 1, 2023, SB1162 mandates that employers with 15 or more employees must include a reasonable “pay scale” for all job postings on all third-party websites.
02.10.23
As California employers update employee policies and handbooks for the coming year, it is critical that they are aware of new employment laws in 2022 and understand how these changes will potentially affect their operations in the year ahead. From key legislative, case law and wage-and-hour developments to “post”-pandemic pointers and the impacts of new and proposed federal laws, the following updates provide practical guidance to help employers ensure they are in compliance with the new laws that are generally applicable to most California employers.1
California Legislative Update Overview
CPRA and CCPA
The California Privacy Right Act (CPRA) was passed in 2020 to amend the employer exemptions created by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), but those exemptions expired at the end of 2022. Consequently, covered employers now have new privacy-related obligations for their employees, including provision of notices as to what data is collected, how data can be corrected or deleted, and opt-out rights.
SB 1162
California enacted pay transparency rights for new applicants and existing employees. SB 1160 also requires...
The Department of the Attorney General says the man claiming to be the state’s chief technology officer at national conferences and on online platforms is not affiliated with the state of Hawaii a...