On September 30, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 288, which amends the state’s labor law and significantly expands the power of its Public Employment Relations Board (“PERB”) to cover private-sector employees currently under the exclusive jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”). Under AB 288, PERB can now conduct union...| California Employment Law Update
We invite you to review our newly-posted, September 2025 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include: View PDF.| California Employment Law Update
Renteria-Hinojosa v. Sunsweet Growers, Inc., 2025 WL 2351203 (9th Cir. 2025) Annamarie Renteria-Hinojosa filed two putative class actions against her employer (Sunsweet Growers), alleging various wage and hour violations under California law, including PAGA. Renteria-Hinojosa’s employment was governed by two successive collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) between her union and Sunsweet. In response to the lawsuits, Sunsweet removed...| California Employment Law Update
Hirdman v. Charter Commc’ns, LLC, 113 Cal. App. 5th 376 (2025) Bradley Hirdman filed a lawsuit against his former employer (Charter Communications, LLC) alleging a violation of the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) based on Charter’s alleged misclassification of Hirdman as an exempt outside salesperson for purposes of calculating his paid sick leave pursuant to Cal....| California Employment Law Update
Iloff v. LaPaille, 18 Cal. 5th 551 (2025) Laurence Iloff performed maintenance on various structures that were located on property that was owned by Bridgeville Properties, Inc. and managed by Cynthia LaPaille. Under an informal arrangement, Iloff’s employers allowed him to live rent-free in one of the houses on the property but did not provide him...| California Employment Law Update
Bronshteyn v. Department of Consumer Affairs, 2025 WL 2658416 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025) Diana Bronshteyn, who was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, sued her employer (the Department of Consumer Affairs) for disability discrimination, failure to accommodate her disability and related claims. According to the Court of Appeal, “the Department fought the case hard from the start.” Among...| California Employment Law Update
Lister v. City of Las Vegas, 148 F.4th 690 (9th Cir. 2025) Latonia Lister sued the City of Las Vegas for sex- and/or race-based employment discrimination under Title VII. Lister was the city’s first African American female firefighter who had worked for the city in that capacity for almost 30 years. Lister alleged that while she was...| California Employment Law Update
McMahon v. World Vision, Inc., 147 F.4th 959 (9th Cir. 2025) World Vision, a religious organization, revoked a job offer it had made to Aubry McMahon to be a remote customer service representative after learning that McMahon was married to a same-sex partner. McMahon sued for discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation and marital status under Title...| California Employment Law Update
Noland v. Land of the Free, L.P., 2025 WL 2629868 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025) Sylvia Noland asserted 25 causes of action against her former employer, including claims for wrongful termination, PAGA and other Labor Code violations, breach of contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress, etc. The employer filed a successful motion for summary judgment, which...| California Employment Law Update
Kruitbosch v. Bakersfield Recovery Servs., Inc., 2025 WL 2600238 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025) A coworker (Lisa Sanders) of plaintiff Steven Kruitbosch allegedly| California Employment Law Update
Castellanos v. State of Cal., 16 Cal. 5th 588 (2024) In the latest attempt by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to prevent Uber, Lyft,| California Employment Law Update
Olson v. State of Cal., 104 F.4th 66 (9th Cir. 2024) (en banc) California’s Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”), which was enacted in 2018, subjects different but| California Employment Law Update
The California Supreme Court has denied a petition for writ of mandate filed by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). The SEIU, which was| California Employment Law Update
Last week, Uber Technologies, Inc. and Lyft, Inc. announced that they would suspend ridesharing operations in the State of California in response to an| California Employment Law Update
After years of battles within the state over ride-share driver classification issues, California is redrawing the map of gig-economy labor relations – a| California Employment Law Update
Since its enactment, the federal Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act has resulted in plaintiffs’ lawyers tacking on| California Employment Law Update
Doe v. Superior Court, 95 Cal. App. 5th 346 (2023) An anonymous employee sued her former employer and former manager, alleging multiple instances of| California Employment Law Update
In Hohenshelt v. Superior Court, the California Supreme Court held that California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1281.98—a do-or-die statute requiring| California Employment Law Update
In late 2023, California supersized the minimum wage for fast food workers by a whopping 25 percent (increasing it from $16 to $20). This law was opposed| California Employment Law Update
The so-called “Fight for 15” – those widespread protests for a $15 minimum wage – are so passé now! As of July 1, 2023, West Hollywood takes the crown for| California Employment Law Update
It’s that time of year, folks—the dog days of August, when vacations are booked, beaches are crowded, and the Department of Finance menacingly| California Employment Law Update
Carranza v. City of Los Angeles, 111 Cal. App. 5th 388 (2025) Lilian Carranza, an LAPD captain, learned that a photo of a topless woman who looked like| California Employment Law Update
California Employment Law Update published by Proskauer Rose LLP provides timely updates on Wage & Hour Class Actions, FEHA, and Wrongful Termination Lawsuits.| California Employment Law Update
Although the threat of COVID-19 (remember that?) seems to have diminished considerably over the past five years, once upon a time in Hollywood many| California Employment Law Update
