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Here We Go Again: California’s Minimum Wage Is Headed Up To $17.40 (opens the original)
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It’s that time of year again—the temperatures are high, summer vacations are winding down, and Sacramento has taken the minimum wage up another notch. Beginning January 1, 2027, California’s statewide minimum wage will increase from $16.90 to $17.40 per hour. Importantly, the 50-cent bump has implications even for employers with no minimum wage workers because it also raises the salary threshold required for exempt employees. Starting January 1, 2027, that threshold will rise to $72,384. Employe
Apparently, “It Ends With … $407,000” A Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni Update For Employers (opens the original)
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When we last checked in on the Hollywood drama playing out in Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC, a federal court had permitted Blake Lively’s California Fair Employment and Housing Act retaliation claim to proceed, and the case was headed toward a May 2026 trial. In the months since, the parties have settled the case—but not before leaving employers with at least one more lesson about the risks of responding to workplace allegations with a defamation claim. In a related action, Justin Baldoni, Wayf
There They Go Again! California Launches Another Attack On Arbitration (opens the original)
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You might think that California employers who seek nothing more than enforcement of a perfectly reasonable arbitration agreement might finally be able to stop looking over their shoulders, but that is simply not going to happen anytime soon. It seems that with each new legislative session, Sacramento comes up with yet another scheme to limit employers’ right to arbitrate employee disputes. As experienced practitioners may know, there is some daylight between the two principal arbitration statute
California Local Minimum Wages Rise Again—By Up To 3.7% (opens the original)
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It’s that time of year again – when California’s cities and counties ratchet up the minimum wage! Effective July 1, 2026, several jurisdictions increased their local minimum wage rates by approximately 1.6% to as much as 3.7%. Each of the new local rates exceeds California’s current statewide minimum wage of $16.90 per hour. The following Southern California jurisdictions implemented increases: Several Bay Area jurisdictions also increased their minimum wage rates: Although each of these increas
Arbitration Agreement Was Not Substantively Unconscionable (opens the original)
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Cocom v. ABM Aviation, Inc., 2026 WL 1793637 (9th Cir. 2026) In this putative wage and hour class action, the district court denied the employer’s motion to compel arbitration after concluding it was procedurally and substantively unconscionable based on the analysis of Cook v. University of S. Cal., 102 Cal. App. 5th 312 (2024). The Ninth Circuit, relying largely upon Ayala-Ventura v. Superior Court, 119 Cal. App. 5th 241 (2026), reversed, holding that the scope of the arbitration agreement was
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