2025 Employment Law Update

We are now presenting our 2025 employment law updates covering new laws from the past year as well as other recent developments. Some topics include:

• Minimum Wage Increases 

• Updated Workplace Postings

• Expanded Harassment/Discrimination Laws

• Family Leave Requirements

• Time Off and Crime Victim Leave

• Drivers License Requirements

• Independent Contractor Requirements

• Social Compliance Audits

• Workplace Violence Prevention

• Captive Audience Meetings

• Heat Illness Regulations

• PAGA Update

• Developments in Workplace Discrimination and Harassment

• Recent court cases affecting employers

  
  

View a copy of the 2025 update via this link.

View a copy of the presentation handout notes format via this link.

More Employment Laws Affecting Lawyers (and their clients, too)

This year has seen myriad changes in state and federal employment affecting all employers - and even the lawyers who represent them. This new presentation to the Napa County Bar Association contains valuable advice for all businesses, showing how similar the legal industry is to all other types of workplaces.

Our September 26 presentation covers many of these changes, such as:

• Minimum Wage Changes

• Indoor Heat Regulations

• Workplace Violence Prevention

• Ergonomic Safety

• Paid Sick Leave Increase

• New-Hire Notices

• Non-Compete Agreements

• Retaliation

A copy of the presentation can be viewed (and shared) by clicking here.

2024 Employment Law Update

We will be presenting 2024 employment law updates throughout January of 2024. The presentation will cover new laws from the past year as well as recent administrative, labor and enforcement developments. Some topics include:

• Minimum wages and industry-specific wage requirements

• Changes to California new-hire notices

• Leaves of absence and enhanced sick pay accruals

• Cannabis use as an equal employment opportunity category

• New retaliation and local enforcement standards

• Non-compete agreements and restrictive covenants

• Workplace violence prevention plan and training requirements

• COVID-19 exposure notification and current workplace standards

• Independent contractor status development

• Federal NLRB authority affecting all employers' handbooks and policies

• Examples of recent caselaw affecting employee reimbursement, bonus overtime calculations, religion accommodation, workplace dilemmas, ministerial exception, and reasonable accommodation

View a copy of the 2024 update via this link.