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Workplace AI Just Got More Complicated – New Requirements For California Employers Who Use AI In Employment Decisions
The two new laws build on other recent AI-in-employment developments including updated regulations addressing the use of AI, machine learning, algorithms, statistics and other automated-decision systems used to make employment-based decisions. As artificial intelligence races forward, California employment law sprints alongside. Two new employment-related AI bills have been signed into law imposing new requirements on California employers using AI and automated technology in the workplace.
Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up , EXPERT INSIGHTS—New background check restrictions for San Francisco employers , (Aug 19, 2026)
By Lori Ocheltree and Rocio Hernandez of Duane Morris LLP San Francisco's FCO regulates how and when employers may ask about and use arrest and conviction records in hiring decisions. Criminal background check restrictions, popularly known as "ban the box" laws, are back in the news. The city of San Francisc ...
New Background Check Restrictions For San Francisco Employers
Lori Ocheltree’s articles from Duane Morris LLP are most popular: within Employment and HR topic(s) in United States with readers working within the Basic Industries and Law Firm industries Duane Morris LLP are most popular: within Law Department Performance topic(s) San Francisco’s FCO regulates how and when employers may ask about and use arrest and conviction records in hiring decisions. Criminal background check restrictions, popularly known as “ban the box” laws, are back in the news.
New Developments For California Employers – AI Tracker, Wage Increases And What Lies Ahead
Lori Ocheltree’s articles from Duane Morris LLP are most popular: in United States Duane Morris LLP are most popular: within Law Department Performance topic(s) The California Policy Lab has now launched an online California AI Unemployment Tracker to monitor how artificial intelligence is affecting unemployment in the state. At the halfway point of the year, it’s time for California employers to review what is new and what lies ahead in state employment law.
California State Agencies Ordered To Study The Impact Of AI In Employment
Duane Morris LLP are most popular: within Law Department Performance topic(s) Artificial intelligence continues to dominate the conversation for employers in California. On May 21, 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-6-26, directing a sweeping set of state-level actions aimed at studying, managing and mitigating the workforce impacts of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
The Ever-Changing Landscape Of "Stay Or Pay" Employment Contracts: New Restrictions In California And Existing Restrictions In Every State
Lori Ocheltree’s articles from Duane Morris LLP are most popular: within Employment and HR topic(s) with Senior Company Executives, HR and Inhouse Counsel in European Union with readers working within the Technology industries Employers should take note of a new California law taking effect January 1, 2026, that restricts entering into contracts that require a worker to stay with the employer or pay for certain expenses advanced by or on behalf of the employer.
AI Catches Up To California Employers: Regulations For Automated-Decision Systems Now In Effect
With artificial intelligence developing at breakneck speed, California employment regulations are following right behind. Updated regulations issued by the California Civil Rights Council address the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, algorithms, statistics and other automated-decision systems (ADS) used to make employment-based decisions. The updated rules, which took effect October 1, 2025, amend existing regulations, Cal. Code Regs., tit.
New Workplace Violence Prevention Requirements For California Employers - Compliance Deadline Is Quickly Approaching
What would you do if there was a threat of violence in your workplace? In California, employers must answer that question by July 1, 2024. That is the deadline to enact a comprehensive plan to prevent and respond to workplace violence in compliance with California Senate Bill 553.
New Regulations Change And Clarify Criminal Background Check Procedures For California Employers
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New Regulations Change and Clarify Criminal Background Check Procedures for California Employers
On October 1, 2023, changes to the California Fair Chance Act (FCA) went into effect. Since 2018, the FCA has governed how and when employers may inquire about and consider job applicants’ criminal history. With these new changes, employers have new clarity as well as new obligations in this area. Summary of the FCA Popularly known as the “ban the box” law, the FCA prohibits employers from inquiring about an applicant’s criminal history until after a conditional offer of employment is made.
Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards Change Again – New Regulations Take Effect May 6 - Health & Safety - United States
As COVID-19 restrictions have relaxed in California and many mask mandates have been lifted, Cal/OSHA has updated its Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). The new ETS, which take effect on May 6, 2022, reflect a general loosening of restrictions without lifting them completely. The new ETS are slated to remain in effect through the end of the year, meaning that for at least another eight months, COVID-19 will continue to drive employer obligations in the state.
New Year, New Rules: 2022 Brings A Barrage Of Changes To California COVID-19 Obligations For Employers
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. After two tumultuous years reacting to COVID-19 in the workplace, the one constant has been change. In recent months, the state of California has changed course on several workplace requirements, leaving businesses, schools and organizations scrambling to keep up.
Cal/OSHA Adopts New Workplace COVID-19 Standards, Providing Relief For Vaccinated Employees - Employment and HR - United States
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On June 17, 2021, following a dizzying series of events, the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) voted to adopt new emergency temporary standards (ETS) for COVID-19, revising employer obligations designed to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. Shortly thereafter, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order rendering the new standards effective immediately.
California Mandates Rehiring Laid-Off Employees For Certain Private Sector Employers
United States: California Mandates Rehiring Laid-Off Employees For Certain Private Sector Employers 12 May 2021 by Lori Ocheltree and Brooke B. Tabshouri Duane Morris LLP Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In what may be a first in California, the state Legislature recently passed a law that creates unionlike recall rights for employees who work for private sector businesses in certain industries.
Vaccine Guidance Arrives For California Employers
United States: Vaccine Guidance Arrives For California Employers 30 March 2021 by Lori Ocheltree , Anjuli Cargain and Brooke B. Tabshouri Duane Morris LLP Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. New guidance has arrived from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) for employers in California.
New COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Law Retroactively Expands California Employer Obligations
United States: New COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Law Retroactively Expands California Employer Obligations 25 March 2021 by Lori Ocheltree and Brooke B. Tabshouri Duane Morris LLP Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. New COVID-19 legislation continues to roll out in California.
California's New Extensive COVID-19 Safety And Health Regulations Include Employer-Required Testing
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. California has enacted new and detailed emergency safety and health regulations affecting virtually anyone who runs a business, school or other enterprise in the Golden State. California's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) has issued emergency temporary standards for COVID-19 to clarify employer obligations during the pandemic and to prevent outbreaks.
California Issues Restrictive Regional Stay Home Order Tied To Hospital ICU Capacity
United States: California Issues Restrictive Regional Stay Home Order Tied To Hospital ICU Capacity 09 December 2020 by Lori Ocheltree and Brooke B. Tabshouri Duane Morris LLP Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Update: As of December 7, 2020, the Regional Stay Home Order has been triggered in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California regions due to limited ICU availability.
New COVID-19 Reporting Obligations For California Employers Take Effect January 1, 2021
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Employers who fail to notify employees may be cited by Cal/OSHA and incur substantial monetary penalties. Employers with workers in California, get ready! New reporting requirements for COVID-19 exposures at work take effect January 1, 2021.
Above And Beyond The FMLA: California Expands Eligibility For Job-Protected Family And Medical Leave, And Now Includes Virtually All Employers
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Beginning January 1, 2021, the CFRA will change in several significant ways, going far beyond what the FMLA requires and significantly reducing the overlap between the two laws. Attention all businesses, organizations, schools or individuals with employees in California: A sweeping expansion of family and medical leave law takes effect soon.
California's Large Employers Are On The Hook For Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
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