Recent strikes by Hollywood writers, actors, and Southern California hotel workers are reflecting a surge in union activity, with workers protesting against reportedly low wages, a lack of AI regulation, and more. The protests come after years of allegedly stagnant … Read More
In California, home to more than 550,000 fast-food workers, a new bill (AB 257) seeks to address these issues and empower workers with new wage and workplace protections. Assembly Bill 1228, also known as the Fast Food Franchisor Responsibility Act, … Read More
With summer in full swing, several new federal and California state employment laws will soon take effect come July 1, 2023. Many of these laws address aspects of employment, aiming to bring positive changes to California labor. While our last … Read More
The California legislature has been quite active, with numerous laws either passed or drafted between 2022 and 2023. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be discussing the details of these new bills with our “End-of-Term CA Legislation Series,” primarily in … Read More
Sexual harassment continues to be a hotbed issue in the news and the workplace. One recent and highly publicized example of a personal relationship that spiraled into a sexual harassment dispute is the case of Tiger Woods and his ex-girlfriend, … Read More
As of May 2, 2023, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is on strike for the first time in 15 years, with writers for streaming services expressing frustration with inferior pay when compared to broadcast TV writers. On top of … Read More
On May 3, 2023, Angela Reddock-Wright, employment and Title IX attorney, mediator and tv news legal analyst, joined Fox News Now reporter Giacomo Luca to discuss the 2023 Writers Guild of America Strike. The WGA had their last strike in 2007 for 100 days. We do not know yet how long this strike will last but are hopeful that the parties will have a meeting of the minds soon. At the heart of the dispute are two issues – “mandatory staffing” and “duration of employment.” Please join us in the discussion.… Read More
On Thursday, April 20, 2023, Angela Reddock-Wright, employment and Title IX law attorney, mediator and legal commentator, joined KABC 7 news anchors Mark Brown and Ellen Leyva to discuss what many regard as the April 20th Marijuana Holiday and CA Assembly Bill 2188, passed in 2022, which prevents employers from discriminating against employees in the workplace based on their off-duty use of marijuana and their testing positive for non-psychoactive substances or THC in their blood system or urine. Check out the discussion here.… Read More
The beginning of 2023 was full of new rules, proposals, and continuations of workplace trends that affect both employers and employees California and the broader U.S. From the FTC’s non-compete proposal, the NLRB’s severance agreement ruling, to unionization efforts and … Read More
Following weeks of tension between Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, chaired by Senator Bernie Sanders, a Senate hearing was finally held on March 29, 2023, to explore Starbucks’ alleged offenses against its … Read More