Labor/Employment
Apr. 1, 2017
Local measures may grow into state law
Cumbersome local employment ordinances with barely any track record may become state law unless legislators put on the brakes. By Benjamin Ebbink
Benjamin M. Ebbink
Of Counsel
Fisher Phillips
Phone: (916) 210-0400
Email: bebbink@fisherphillips.com
UC Davis King Hall
For 15 years, Benjamin served as chief consultant to the California Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment, acting as the primary policy expert on labor and employment matters for the California State Assembly.
Recent years have witnessed a proliferation of local labor and employment ordinances throughout California, traditionally an area reserved for the state Legislature. Cities like San Francisco, San Jose and Los Angeles have created new workplace obligations on topics such as wage theft, local minimum and living wages, health care coverage, paid sick leave and countless other policy areas. Although some of the more creative - and ...
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