by Veronica Hill | Mar 15, 2019 | New bills
AB 51, a new bill proposed by Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), aims to ban arbitration agreements and settlement agreements of labor and employment claims as a condition for work. Two previous and very similar bills, AB 3080 and AB 465, were vetoed in...
by Veronica Hill | Mar 5, 2019 | Construction Law, New bills, New California Laws
One of California’s newest building codes affecting the real estate and construction industry is SB 721, which raises the standards of inspection for decks and balconies on buildings with three or more multi-family units. Existing law allows enforcement authorities...
by Veronica Hill | Jan 22, 2019 | Construction Law, New bills, New California Laws
Last year, AB 1701 made private general contractors liable for unpaid contract items such as “wage, fringe and other benefit payments” owed to workers by the subcontractor. The law caused many direct contractors to revise their subcontract forms with broad disclosure...
by Veronica Hill | Dec 21, 2018 | New bills, New California Laws
SB 1300 goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2019, broadening the responsibility of businesses who have knowledge of harassment acts committed by nonemployees (such as volunteers, contractors, applicants and unpaid interns) and fail to take immediate corrective action. The...
by Veronica Hill | Nov 29, 2018 | Employment Law, New bills, New California Laws
Effective January 1, 2020, the Human Trafficking Awareness Bill (SB 970) requires hotel and motel industry employers to offer at least 20 minutes of human trafficking awareness training to employees who are most likely to come into contact with victims. Current law...
by Veronica Hill | Nov 1, 2018 | New bills, New California Laws
Yet another #MeToo bill to be signed by Governor Brown is AB 3109, which centers around disclosure of sexual harassment. Effective January 1, 2019, the new law voids any provision in a settlement agreement or contract that waives a party’s right to testify about...
