California Labor and Employment Laws: Essential Insights

As 2026 winds down, the clock is ticking on making sure your workplace is prepared for 2027. Governor Newsom signed a wave of employment-related bills in 2026, most of them effective January 1, 2027. Our California employment team will cover what’s new for 2027 and what to do now, including:

• AI and monitoring: The "No Robo Bosses Act", AI-related Cal-WARN notices, and new workplace surveillance limits.
• Contracts: "Stay-or-pay" changes and arbitration agreements.
• Discrimination: Immigration-related retaliation and sex discrimination.
• Leave, pay data, and safety: Bereavement leave, pay data penalties, and workplace violence restraining orders.
• Next steps: Compliance measures to take now for 2027

1.0 hour CLE credit and 1.0 hour HRCI credit pending. This program is valid for 1.0 PDCs for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®