In September of 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1241, which adds Section 925 to the Labor Code. Labor Code §925 further restricts out of state employers from evading California’s strict employee protection laws.

Effective January 1, 2017, California Labor Code §925 restricts out of state employers ability to require employees who primarily [...]

California Assembly Bill 551, codified in California Civil Code §§1942.5, §1954.1 and §1954.600 et. seq., establishes new disclosure requirements, protocols and duties for rental property owners and tenants relating to bed bugs, and prohibits a landlord from retaliating against a tenant who gives notice of a suspected bed bug infestation.

California Landlords Prohibited from Showing, Leasing, and Renting a Rental Unit if Bed Bugs Known to Exist.

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On May 2, 2016, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Corbin v. Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership held that both California law and Federal law permit an employer to round an employees' time card to the nearest 15 minutes (or smaller increment) so long as the employer rounds both up and down. The rounding policy must be neutral and not designed to benefit only the employer.

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California’s overtime pay exemption for commissioned employees (salespeople) is an exemption from overtime pay only. Unlike other exemptions from overtime pay, California employers must still adhere to all of the other requirements in the Industrial Wage Orders, including meal and rest breaks. As of January 1, 2013, employers who pay their employees a commission must also provide their employees with a written contract that sets forth the method by which the commission shall be computed and paid. That said, [...]

Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilmember Gil Cedillo have essentially ordered the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department (HCID) and all other city offices to improve enforcement of the Ellis Act.  The Ellis Act, passed in 1985, allows properties subject to a rent stabilization ordinance to be removed from the rental market under specified conditions. Effective immediately HCID will not just review the demolition permits and plans to remove a rent controlled property from the housing market, but now [...]