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Perspective

Oct. 6, 2016

Employers can no longer cherry-pick favorable venues

Californians won important new rights with a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last week. Senate Bill 1241 will prohibit corporations from forcing California employees to travel thousands of miles to resolve workplace disputes. By Jacqueline Serna

Jacqueline Serna

Deputy Legislative Director
Consumer Attorneys of California

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By Jacqueline Serna

Californians won important new rights with a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last week. Senate Bill 1241 will prohibit corporations from forcing California employees to travel thousands of miles - potentially even out of the country - to resolve workplace disputes. Employers will no longer be able to cherry-pick venues for their own convenience and transfer employment cases to states with unfriendly laws.

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