Law firms in California are actively hiring labor and employment attorneys to cope with rise in PAGA class-action cases. Demand for transactional attorneys also endures, particularly in the Bay Area.

Each year, California enacts new laws that employers who do business in the state need to navigate. When in doubt, employers ...

California employers await judicial guidance on how to defend against class action-like lawsuits employees file on behalf of ...

Melmed Law Group is pleased to announce that Christian Valenzuela Cabral has joined the firm as an Associate Attorney, where ...

When California Employment Law Feels Impossible, Jonathan Brenner Says “Watch Me” Employers in California face a perfect storm ...

As we move into 2026, California continues its trend of enacting expansive and complex new employment laws. The legislative updates for 2026 span a wide range of critical workplace issues, including ...

California’s Assembly Bill (“AB”) 692 took effect on January 1, 2026, significantly limiting the use of commonplace “stay-or-pay” clauses in offer letters and agreements, which require employees or ...

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Public agencies in California are not subject to a controversial law that gives workers the power to sue their employers over alleged labor violations, the state’s Supreme Court has ruled. In the ...

Oct 16 (Reuters) - The National Labor Relations Board has sued California to block a law that channels private-sector labor disputes to a state board while the federal agency is shorthanded and cannot ...