By Robin E. Weideman

Yesterday Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB 54 into law, granting same-sex couples legally married outside of California the same basic rights, benefits and obligations as married couples living in California.  This new law ameliorates some of the effects of the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage that was passed in November 2008 and later upheld by the California Supreme Court.  SB 54 amends Section 308 of the California Family Code to provide that California will recognize same-sex marriages validly contracted outside of California, by ensuring that these same-...

By Robin E. Weideman

AB 482, which would restrict the use of credit reports for employment purposes, is pending before the California Legislature this session.  If enacted in its current form, AB 482 would prohibit employers, with the exception of certain financial institutions, from obtaining a consumer credit report for employment purposes unless the information ...

A few months ago, it looked like we could see a variety of bills passed relating to labor & employment law in the Connecticut General Assembly.

With the legislature scheduled to conclude business on May 5, 2010, though, its still mostly quiet on the labor & employment law area.

According to the Labor Committee's Bill Record book, only three raised bills in the House have passed a vote (a bill implementing ...

In New Jersey, for the last several years, following the New Jersey Supreme Court case of Lewis v. Harris, NJ has had civil unions.  This was an attempt to give certain marital type rights to gay and lesbian couples, though many have argued that anything less than marriage is not equal.

Yesterday, the governor of Hawaii vetoed the civil union bill passed by the Hawaii state legislature.  Gov. Linda Lingle vetoed  the bill after concluding it was the equivalent to marriage, which she believes should be reserved for a man and a woman.  Further, the go...

By Robin E. Weideman

California's Fair Employment and Housing Commission (FEHC) has published proposed regulations concerning California's pregnancy disability leave requirements.  The proposed regulations cover issues such as eligibility for leave, length of leave and minimum increments of leave, reasonable accommodation issues such as job transfers, use of paid time off during leave, and the parameters surrounding the right to reinstatement upon return from leave.   The FEHC is holding public submit an article for publication on My Employment Law!