California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, has adopted its latest COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) effective May 6, 2022 through December 31, 2022. The ETS applies to all employers, employees, and places of employment, with certain specified exceptions: Work locations where there is only one employee who does not …
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Choice of Law & State Venue Provisions Now Restricted in California Employment Agreements
On September 25, 2016, California Governor Jerry Brown approved a new law allowing California employees to unilaterally void forum selection or choice of law clauses (not the entire agreement) in employment contracts. S.B. 1241 regulates where and under what law California employees can sue and arbitrate. The new law will take effect on January 1, …
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