New 2027 Employment Laws Coming to the Workplace
Here’s a quick summary of what’s ahead in 2027. Unless otherwise noted, new laws take effect January 1, 2027.
Here’s a quick summary of what’s ahead in 2027. Unless otherwise noted, new laws take effect January 1, 2027.
On September 30, 2026, while standing on top of the Golden Gate Bridge, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the last bill of this year’s legislative cycle. This year, the California Legislature sent over a thousand bills to the Governor on a wide variety of topics, most of which he signed into law.
Among them were several labor- and employment-related bills impacting California employers in the coming year, including in areas related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision systems (ADS) in employment practices, discrimination and harassment, recruiting and hiring, leaves of absence, wage-and-hour requirements, and workplace
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