Labor/Employment
Nov. 1, 2016
Law is a sea change in employer, employee contract rights
For years, parties in California were permitted to agree upon the specific law that would apply to a given contract and the forum where the parties would litigate issues arising out of the contract. SB 1241 changes all of that.
Charles S. Birenbaum
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Email: birenbaumc@gtlaw.com
Charles is chair of the firm's Northern California and co-chair of the firm's Labor & Employment Practice's Labor-Management Relations group.
For years, parties in California were permitted to agree upon the specific law that would apply to a given contract and the forum where the parties would litigate issues arising out of the contract. California employers relied upon these general principles when drafting and executing choice-of-law and choice-of-forum provisions in their employment and arbitration agreements. With the passage of Senate Bill 1241 - which will add Section 925 to the California Labor Code - the Legislature has...
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