Most California employers think of the California Consumer Privacy Act as a consumer-data law – something that applies to website visitors and customer information. The new CCPA risk assessment regulations, enacted in fall 2025, reach directly into the employment relationship…
Employers have been told for years that as long as a human makes the final call, AI tools used to get there are legally neutral. That assumption is about to collide with California law in a way that will be…
You have started the letter to your employer three times this week. The one that lays out everything they owe you and everything they did. Each draft comes out angrier. Then you delete it. That instinct to put it in…
“My dispatcher told me California break laws don’t apply to drivers. Everybody at the yard just accepts it.” Almost. A federal appeals court just confirmed, in June 2026, that one group sits outside California’s meal and rest break rules: drivers…
California employers have largely accepted that when a competitor strips out a team, nothing can be done because noncompetes are void here. The resignations land, the clients follow, and leadership writes it off as the cost of operating in this…
The rollout email said everyone uses the new AI tool now. Something in you said you cannot. Maybe you raised it and got a shrug. Maybe you have not raised it because you expect one. You are not alone in…
Plenty of California employers believe that paying the state minimum wage keeps them compliant statewide. Payroll shows $16.90, so the box looks checked. On July 1, 2026, that belief breaks in dozens of cities at once. Local ordinances move past…
You got a better offer, reread the noncompete you signed two jobs ago, and turned the offer down. Maybe you did not even reread it. The memory of signing something was enough. The fear did the work. This happens constantly,…
Most California business owners assume that when federal immigration agents arrive, full cooperation is the safe move. Open the door, hand over the files, keep things calm. California law prices that instinct. Under AB 450, the Immigrant Worker Protection Act,…
The EEOC issued a new National Enforcement Plan on June 4, 2026. It shifts the agency’s focus. It de-prioritizes disparate-impact claims, renames its enforcement priorities, and signals alignment with the current administration’s executive orders on DEI. If you have been…
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