California’s New Anti-Bias Laws Put Companies on Alert for Suits

Among the slew of new laws in California, many give companies more responsibilities around preventing workplace bias, such as measures expanding pay transparency and prohibiting discrimination over off-the-clock cannabis use.

The Golden State has continued in 2022 to be a front-runner in promoting progressive employment proposals that are often models for other state legislatures across the country.

Though attorneys who work in the state say this past legislative session in California may have been roughly average in the number of labor and employment laws passed and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), they said the content of these particular measures ...