https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/governor-browns-vetoes-of-labor-legislation-in-2018
Today’s post and podcast looks at some of Governor Jerry Brown’s vetoes of labor bills from the 2018 legislative session.
While this series of posts has focused on bills that became law, there were a number of significant labor and employment law related bills that were vetoed by Governor Brown that merit discussion. I
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/sb-1343
Senate Bill 1343 was signed into law on September 30 as Chapter 956. It reduces the threshold requiring employers to provide employees with sexual harassment training from employers with 50 or more employees to employers with just 5 or more employees – including non-supervisorial, temporary, and seasonal employees.
The bill also requires the Department
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/sb-1412
Senate Bill 1412 from the 2018 legislative session provides a new rule for employers in considering prior convictions. Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 1412 by State Senator Steve Bradford on September the 30th. It was Chapter 987.
Basically, the bill requires employers to only consider convictions that are relevant to the job which applicants
Earlier this week, The National Law Review recently published the work of McGeorge Capital Lawyering adjunct professor Chris Micheli. You can find Micheli’s aritcle – A Review of 2018 Labor and Employment Legislation in California – here.
Micheli overviews the fourteen major labor and employment bills that were signed into law, as well as seven
On today’s podcast, lobbyist and McGeorge alum and adjunct professor Chris Micheli talks with his colleague Laura Curtis.
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/episode-23-lobbying-year-one-the-switch
Laura recently switched careers – from working in a legal career in the San Francisco Bay Area to lobbying for the California Chamber of Commerce in California’s capital. The two talk about her experience switching careers
If you’ve applied for a job, you’ve likely seen the box. Have you ever been convicted of a felony? For many people, this box is no big deal, you check no and you move on with the rest of the application. For those people with a criminal conviction, however, this box is