California is known as an outlier state because of its extensive and rigorous employment laws. For out-ofstate companies with business operations in California, there are many compliance challenges and traps for the unwary. Please join us for a discussion of how California’s employment laws differ from federal law and other states’ laws, and for an update on new legal developments affecting applicant hiring, wage and hour policies, pay equity, leaves of absence, trade secrets and restrictive covenants, employment nondiscrimination practices, and other areas.