McGeorge Adjunct Professor Chris Micheli

https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/ab-147

Assembly Bill 147 was authored by Assemblymember Autumn Burke, the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation, and is the California Legislature’s effort at dealing with the US Supreme Court decision in Wayfair. The bill was an urgency statute and went into effect when it was signed by Governor Newsom on April

McGeorge Adjunct Professor Chris Micheli

https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/ab-5

AB 5 was enacted into law on September 18th of 2019 as Chapter 296 and its provisions went into effect on January 1, 2020.

In Section 1 of the bill, there are a number of statements of legislative intent that are uncodified. The purpose of these findings and declarations is to set forth the

McGeorge Adjunct Professor Chris Micheli

https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/2020-minimum-wage-increase

Just like in 2019, because of the enactment of Senate Bill 3 in 2016, California’s minimum wage went up again. On January 1st, the state’s minimum was increased for all sizes of business and small employers saw their third wage hike in recent years.

Under this state law the minimum wage for all industries

McGeorge Adjunct Professor Chris Micheli

https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/sb-142

SB 142 requires an employer to provide a lactation room or location that includes proscribed features and would require an employer, among other things, to provide access to a sink and refrigerator in close proximity to the employee’s workspace.

The bill deems denial of reasonable break time or adequate space to express milk to

McGeorge Adjunct Professor Chris Micheli

https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/ab-749

AB 749 by Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Scotts Valley) was signed into law by Governor Newsom on October 12 as Chapter 808. The new law adds several new code sections as Chapter Three of Title XIV of Part Two of the California Code of Civil Procedure. The new section of the law is entitled Agreements

McGeorge Adjunct Professor Chris Micheli

https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/ab-52

Section 1 of the bill provides several uncodified statements of legislative intent. Section 2 of the bill adds a new provision to the law, proclaiming that it is unlawful for an employer to violate Section 432.6 of the Labor Code, which AB-51 is adding to the law. Therefore, any violation of the prohibition regarding

McGeorge Adjunct Professor Chris Micheli

https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/ab-673

Assembly Bill 673 was authored by Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo. It was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on October 10 and enacted as Chapter 716.

The bill contains one section which provides several amendments to Labor Code Section 210. The purpose of this provision of law is to provide penalties for the failure

McGeorge Adjunct Professor Chris Micheli

https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/sb-707

Senate Bill 707 by Senator Bob Wieckowski was signed on October the 13th as Chapter 870. The new law deals with arbitration agreements.

Section 1 of the bill notes that it is the intent of the Legislature to affirm three different state court decisions regarding a company’s failure to pay arbitration fees that constitute

McGeorge Adjunct Professor Chris Micheli

https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/ab-9

California Assembly Bill 9 was signed in to law on October 10 and enacted as Chapter 709. The new law extends the limitation period for employment discrimination claims.

AB 9 extends to three years the statute of limitation for complaints alleging employment discrimination, and it specifies that the operative date of the verified complaint

McGeorge Adjunct Professor Chris Micheli

2018’s Assembly Bill 3247 was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on July 16, 2018, as Chapter 106. The law has been in effect since January 1, 2019. This new law modified the arbitration agreement enforcement language in the California Code of Civil Procedure.

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