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Legislative Update 2025 (Part Four): California Minimum Wage Developments
January 24, 2025 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
California Minimum Wage Developments By: Leo Melton New California Minimum Wage – California voters this past November rejected Proposition 32, which would have raised the California minimum wage to $18 per hour, but the… Read More
Legislative Update 2025 (Part Three): Expanded Rights for Crime Victims
January 23, 2025 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Expanded Rights for Crime Victims (AB 2499) By: Daniel M. Perle & Alex Leichenger AB 2499 makes a number of changes in the law providing benefits to crime victims. The bill expands the right… Read More
Legislative Update 2025 (Part Two): New Job Posting & Employment Discrimination Protections
January 22, 2025 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Driver’s License Discrimination Ban (SB 1100) By: Grant Reed-Hoos This bill, effective January 1, 2025, prohibits employers from advertising that a position requires a driver’s license unless the employer reasonably believes both that the… Read More
2025 Legislative Update (Part One): New Employee Protections, Leave Laws, and Union Representation
January 21, 2025 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Captive Audience Meeting Ban (SB 399) By: Grant Reed-Hoos This bill, effective January 1, 2025, prohibits employers from disciplining or withholding pay from employees who decline to attend an employer-sponsored meeting regarding the employer’s… Read More
NLRB Bans Employer Captive Audience Meetings Bolstering the Standing of State Bans
December 19, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
By Grant Reed-Hoos The Biden Board has issued a decision prohibiting employers from forcing employees under penalty of discipline to attend anti-union presentations prior to union elections. The decision in Amazon.com Services (November 13, 2024)… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part Four: Public Sector Developments
February 7, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Public Sector Temporary Employees Added to Regular Employee Bargaining Units (AB 1484) By: Andrew Baker This bill, for all Meyers-Milias-Brown Act employers, automatically folds into any existing bargaining unit all temporary employees who perform… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part Three: New Wage Laws
February 5, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Minimum Wage for Healthcare Workers (SB 525) By: Lorrie Bradley The bill increases the minimum wage for most healthcare workers starting June 1, 2024. This applies very broadly, encompassing any health care facility employee… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part Two: New Workplace Violence and Labor Code Enforcement Laws
February 1, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Workplace Violence Prevention (SB 553) By: Peter McEntee Part 1: As of January 1, 2025, this bill allows collective bargaining representatives to initiate a request for a workplace temporary restraining order on behalf of… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part One: New Leave Laws and Job Protections
January 30, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Expanded Paid Sick Leave (SB 616) By: Lorrie Bradley Starting January 1, 2024, state-managed PSL increases from 3 days (24 hours) to 5 days (40 hours. Employees will now accrue 1 hour for every… Read More
Open Associate Position in our Sacramento Office
January 25, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Beeson, Tayer and Bodine – Sacramento Associate Attorney – Collections & Benefits Beeson, Tayer and Bodine is a progressive 16-Attorney law firm with offices in Oakland and Sacramento, California. The firm’s practice includes all aspects… Read More
