With the festive season upon us, California employers can look forward to hanging lights, holiday cheer, and, of course, the new employment laws and compliance challenges taking effect in the New Year. Instead of interrupting your favorite holiday tradition to trek through California’s new legislation (likely without appropriate cold-weather clothing in true California fashion), this GT Alert summarizes some key changes employers should consider before toasting to the New Year.

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Photo of Vanessa C. Krumbein Vanessa C. Krumbein

Vanessa C. Krumbein focuses her practice on counseling employers, in-house counsel, and human resource professionals on a wide range of workplace issues, including employee performance and discipline, employment agreements, compliance with wage and hour laws, managing disability accommodation and leaves of absence, employee…

Vanessa C. Krumbein focuses her practice on counseling employers, in-house counsel, and human resource professionals on a wide range of workplace issues, including employee performance and discipline, employment agreements, compliance with wage and hour laws, managing disability accommodation and leaves of absence, employee classification, and workplace harassment investigations, and she works with companies to develop employee handbooks and appropriate personnel policies and procedures. Vanessa also has experience working on employment issues unique to clients in the media and entertainment sector.

Vanessa also represents employers in administrative proceedings and in state and federal court on a wide range of labor and employment matters, including claims of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, violations of privacy, violations of leave laws, wage and hour disputes, and other employment-related claims. Vanessa has experience litigating class actions, single-plaintiff, and multi-party civil cases.

Kevin T. May

Kevin T. May represents public and private employers of all sizes through all stages of the employment litigation process. He represents clients in putative class action, single, and multiplaintiff lawsuits arising out of allegations related to misclassification, failure to pay wages and bonuses,

Kevin T. May represents public and private employers of all sizes through all stages of the employment litigation process. He represents clients in putative class action, single, and multiplaintiff lawsuits arising out of allegations related to misclassification, failure to pay wages and bonuses, meal and rest period violations, off-the-clock work, discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, and misappropriation of trade secrets.

Kevin proactively counsels clients on a range of employment laws including as California’s Labor Code, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), and the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). In addition to developing compliance policies and state-specific employee handbooks around these laws, Kevin also defends clients against claims of violation in state and federal courts and administrative agencies.

Kevin also counsels startups, Fortune 500 companies, and high-net-worth individuals on their national and state-specific employment needs, including COVID-19 issues. He utilizes his familiarity with the nuances of California’s labor laws to counsel clients looking to open-up new offices in the state while accounting for compliance.

In addition, Kevin has deep experience with trust and estate litigation, trust administration, probate, and conservatorship and guardianship proceedings.