Cal-Peculiarities: How California Employment Law is Different - 2023 Edition

viii | 2023 Cal-Peculiarities ©2023 Seyfarth Shaw LLP www.seyfarth.com 18.4 Gag Orders for State Government Contractors ............................................................................... 387 18.5 Right to Leaflet in Private Shopping Malls ....................................................................................... 388 18.6 Access To Private Employee Information ........................................................................................ 388 18.7 Collective Bargaining Agreement Waiver Issues ............................................................................. 389 19. Independent Contractors ............................................................................................ 391 19.1 The Plaintiff’s Preference for Employee Status................................................................................ 391 19.2 Presumptions of Employment in Various Contexts .......................................................................... 392 19.3 Inversion of Common Law Standards in Standard Jury Instruction ................................................. 393 19.4 Absence of Statutory Protection as to Newspaper Carriers............................................................. 394 19.5 California’s Judicial Revolution Against Independent Contracting................................................... 394 19.6 California’s “ABC Test” ..................................................................................................................... 395 19.7 The codification and extension of Dynamex in AB 5........................................................................ 396 19.8 Professional Cheerleaders Must Be Employees .............................................................................. 399 19.9 Special Reporting Requirements...................................................................................................... 399 19.10 Administrative Enforcement ............................................................................................................. 399 19.11 Special Penalties for Willful Misclassification ................................................................................... 400 19.12 Dealing with Certain Labor Contractors ........................................................................................... 400 20. Miscellaneous Statutory Provisions .......................................................................... 405 20.1 Agreement to Illegal Terms of Employment ..................................................................................... 405 20.2 Choice of Non-California Law or Non-California Forum in Employment Contracts ......................... 405 20.3 Forced Patronage............................................................................................................................. 406 20.4 Restrictions on Employer Rights to Employee Inventions................................................................ 406 20.5 Child Labor ....................................................................................................................................... 406 20.6 Human Trafficking ............................................................................................................................ 407 20.7 Garnishments ................................................................................................................................... 407 20.8 Diverse Representation on Corporate Boards of Directors.............................................................. 408 20.9 Pay For College Athletes.................................................................................................................. 409 21. Some Provisions Favoring California Employers..................................................... 411 21.1 Claims for Unlawful Tape Recording................................................................................................ 411 21.2 Workplace Harassment Orders ........................................................................................................ 411 21.3 Anti-SLAPP Motions ......................................................................................................................... 411 21.4 Special Proof Required to Impose Punitive Damages ..................................................................... 412 21.5 Relatively Short Limitations Period................................................................................................... 413 21.6 Contractually Authorized Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards...................................................... 413 21.7 Use of E-Verify ................................................................................................................................. 413 21.8 Non-Signatories Can Enforce Arbitration Agreements..................................................................... 413 21.9 Employers Doing Business Within Federal Enclaves ..................................................................... 414 21.10 Sometimes a Quit is Just a Quit ....................................................................................................... 415 21.11 Half Hour Deductions for Tardiness? ............................................................................................... 415

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