Employment 2025

USA – CALIFORNIA Law and Practice Contributed by: William C. Martucci, Laura M. Booth, Ashley N. Harrison and Carrie A. McAtee Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Nevada

California

Sacramento

Pacific Ocean

Contents 1. Employment Terms p.728 1.1 Employee Status p.728 1.2 Employment Contracts p.728

6. Collective Relations p.732 6.1 Unions p.732

6.2 Employee Representative Bodies p.732 6.3 Collective Bargaining Agreements p.732 7. Termination p.733 7.1 Grounds for Termination p.733 7.2 Notice Periods p.733 7.3 Dismissal for (Serious) Cause p.733 7.4 Termination Agreements p.733 7.5 Protected Categories of Employee p.733 8. Disputes p.734 8.1 Wrongful Dismissal p.734 8.2 Anti-Discrimination p.734 8.3 Digitalisation p.734 9. Dispute Resolution p.734 9.1 Litigation p.734 9.2 Alternative Dispute Resolution p.735 9.3 Costs p.735

1.3 Working Hours p.728 1.4 Compensation p.728

1.5 Other Employment Terms p.729 2. Restrictive Covenants p.730 2.1 Non-Competes p.730

2.2 Non-Solicits p.730 3. Data Privacy p.730 3.1 Data Privacy Law and Employment p.730 4. Foreign Workers p.730 4.1 Limitations on Foreign Workers p.730 4.2 Registration Requirements for Foreign Workers p.731

5. New Work p.731 5.1 Mobile Work p.731 5.2 Sabbaticals p.732 5.3 Other New Manifestations p.732

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