Author: Chris Micheli

Through yesterday, Friday, February 14, there have been 753 bills introduced in the Legislature. That includes 506 ABs and 247 SBs.  The deadline for introducing

Yesterday, January 6, 2020, the first day of the 2020 legislative session, there were 25 bills introduced – 19 ABs and 6 SBs. The deadline

Beginning January 1, 2020, AB 5 (Gonzalez), which is Chapter 296, takes effect. This effective date is for provisions of the Labor Code, Unemployment Insurance

Beginning January 1, 2020, SB 142 (Wiener), Chapter 720, imposes numerous lactation accommodation rules on California employers. This new law requires an employer to provide

Beginning January 1, 2020, AB 749 (Stone), Chapter 808, adds Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1002.5) to Title 14 of Part 2 of the Code

Beginning January 1, 2020, AB 9 (Reyes), Chapter 709, extends to 3 years the statute of limitations for complaints alleging employment discrimination (up from the

Just like earlier this year, because of the enactment of SB 3 (Leno) in 2016, California’s minimum wage is going up again next month. On

(Editor’s note: Chris Micheli provides an analysis of the recycling initiative filed Monday.) CALIFORNIA RECYCLING AND PLASTIC POLLUTION REDUCTION ACT OF 2020 Filed November 4,

Now that the 2019 Legislative Session has concluded and Governor Gavin Newsom has acted on the 1042 bills that reached his Desk this year, it