Labor & Employment Law Blog

The California Labor Commissioner has posted Spanish and Vietnamese template sick leave posters and updated Labor Code Section 2810.5 notices pursuant to the new sick leave law, the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Family Act of 2014.

On December 23, 2014, the California Court of Appeal held that electronic signatures on employment arbitration agreements in California may be valid, however, the court refused to enforce the particular arbitration agreement at issue because the employer failed to substantiate the employee’s electronic signature to the satisfaction of the court.  Ruiz v. Moss Brothers Auto Group, 2014 WL 7335221 (Cal. App. Ct. 4th Dist., Dec. 23, 2014).