ii | 2023 Cal-Peculiarities ©2023 Seyfarth Shaw LLP www.seyfarth.com Authors’ Note At annual intervals throughout this century, we’ve cataloged how California law deviates from prevailing American labor and employment law. The result—this steadily growing volume—summarizes the legislative, judicial, and regulatory developments that have made California a uniquely challenging environment for private employers. (We do not address special challenges facing public employers or government contractors.) We highlight these California peculiarities to help corporate counsel and human resources professionals avoid legal pitfalls, without treating what is provided here as the final word (a point emphasized in the disclaimer that follows). This 2023 edition contains contributions from many Seyfarth lawyers—all members or friends of our California Workplace Solutions Group: Michael Afar, Mahsa Aliaskari, Ashley Arnett, Brian Ashe, Nicole Baarts, Jeff Berman, Candace Bertoldi, Holger Besch, Bailey Bifoss, Dan Birnbaum, Jonathan Brophy, Bob Buch, Debbie Caplan, Nancy Chawla, Frances Choi, Peter Choi, Andrew Cohen, Kelly Cohen, Mel Cole, Flavia Costea, Chris Crosman, Justin Curley, Catherine Dacre, Pamela Devata, Giselle Vinas Dhallin, Brad Doucette, Michelle DuCharme, Phillip Ebsworth, Shiva Emrani, Steven Erkel, Angelina Evans, Cathy Feldman, Sage Fishelman, Lindsay Fitch, Barri Friedland, Kerry Friedrichs, Reiko Furuta, Nick Geannacopulos, Gina Gi, Matthew Graffigna, Ari Hersher, Laura Heyne, Eric Hill, Timothy Hix, Charlotte Hodde, Timothy Hoppe, Heather Horn, Dana Howells, Francesca Hunter, Justin Jackson, David Jacobson, Malak Cherkaoui Jaouad, Patrick Joyce, Seong Kim, Kelly Koelker, Jessica Koenig, Yana Komsitsky, Michael Kopp, Kristina Launey, Paul Leaf, Elizabeth Levy, Leo Li, Sierra Chin Liu, Eric Lloyd, Brian Long, Aaron Lubeley, Laura Maechtlen, Elizabeth MacGregor, Scott Mallery, Mary Manesis, Jonathan Martin, Mandana Massoumi, Eric May, Amanda Mazin, Everett McLean, Kathleen McConnell, Ryan McCoy, Andrew McNaught, Jon Meer, Chelsea Mesa, Robert Milligan, Kamran Mirrafati, Jennifer Mora, Ilana Morady, John Ayers-Mann, Marie Naguib, Yoon-Woo Nam, Jeffrey Nordlander, Jennifer Nunez, Lori O’Hara, Bernard Olshansky, Scott Page, Andrew Paley, Romtin Parvaresh, Beth Pelliconi, Sofya Perelshtyn, Kristen Peters, Dana Peterson, Sean Piers, Jamie Pollaci, Dominique Pope, Jill Porcaro, Tom Posey, Janine Raduechel, Miguel Ramirez, Juan Rehl-Garcia, Isabella Reyes, Jamie Rich, Josh Rodine, David Rosenberg, Christian Rowley, Timothy Rusche, Joshua Salinas, Galen Sallomi, Jeanine Scalero, Lauren Schwartz, Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, Kiran Seldon, Laura Shelby, Michael Sigall, Shardé Skahan, Kathleen CahillSlaught, Joan Smiles, Emily Stamler, Eric Steinert, Sean Strauss, Eric Suits, Diana Tabacopulos, Ryan Tikker, Tiffany Tran, Coby Turner, Annette Tyman, Parnian Vafaeenia, Pamela Vartabedian, Andrea Vizzo, Jonathan Tomaszewski, Ryan Tzeng, Pam Vartabedian, Myra Villamor, Nick Waddles, Elisabeth Watson, Geoffrey Westbrook, Daniel Whang, David Wilson, Jeff Wortman, and Ann Marie Zaletel. We especially note the formidable contributions of Dana Howells and Elizabeth Levy, which included imposing some order on the chaos that is California’s bewildering welter of local sick pay laws. To keep up with the latest peculiarities of California employment law, please subscribe to Seyfarth’s awardwinning California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog: www.calpeculiarities.com/subscribe. Important Disclaimer We’ve been representative, not exhaustive, in cataloging California peculiarities. This book is general commentary, not legal advice. We disclaim liability as to anything done or omitted in reliance on this publication. Readers should refrain from acting on any discussion without obtaining specific advice applying current law to particular circumstances. (From A Declaration of Principles adopted by a Committee of the American Bar Association and a Committee of Publishers and Associations.) Legal Notice Copyright © 2023. All rights reserved. Apart from fair use for private study or research permitted under copyright, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted without written permission of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.
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