In this edition of Keeping Current in California, Leslie Wallis and Charles Thompson will cover pay transparency issues, employee political speech in California, an important wage and hour case heading towards the California Supreme Court, and pending employment-related bills. They will also discuss the recent influx of state noncompete legislation, new NLRB independent contractor regulations, and the upcoming local minimum wage increases that will go into effect on July 1, 2023. Karen Tynan, the West Coast chair of Ogletree’s Workplace Safety and Health Group, will join us with Cal/OSHA updates about newly proposed indoor heat illness and workplace violence standards.
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