The 2025 mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving purposes have increased or remained unchanged from 2024, when rates were last modified. Specifically, as of January 1, 2025, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) are:

• 70 cents per mile driven for business use, up three cents from the rate for 2024;
• 21 cents per mile driven for medical, or moving purposes for active duty members of the Armed Forces, unchanged from the rate for 2024; and
• 14 cents per mile driven in ...

This summer, California passed significant and much-needed legislation reforming the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), which permits individual employees to sue employers on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California to recover civil penalties for California Labor Code violations.  If you are passionate about the intricacies of PAGA and wish to spend some quality time on a deep dive into what these changes mean for employers, feel free to check out our previous writing on the subject here.

Additionally, the California Labor & Workforce Development ...

Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (“SB”) 1350, which expands the definition of employment to include some household domestic employees who work through agencies. SB 1350 will go into effect on July 1, 2025.

Historically, the definition of “employment” for purposes of California’s Occupational Safety and Health Act excluded all household domestic service employees. These employees were therefore not provided with health and safety protections by Cal-OSHA. SB 1350 expands the definition of “employment” to include household domestic service performed on a ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued its long-awaited final guidance on harassment claims this year, which went into immediate effect.  Per EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows, the final guidance, the EEOC’s first update on the subject in roughly 25 years, in intended to act as a “comprehensive resource” regarding “best practices for preventing and remedying harassment” as well as clarifying recent legal developments on the subject.

The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws banning discrimination against a worker or job applicant on the basis of a ...

Los Angeles County:

In 2016, the city of Los Angeles passed the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO).  Preempting California’s Fair Chance Act (FCA) by nearly two years, the FCIHO prohibits private employers operating in the city of Los Angeles from inquiring into a job applicant’s criminal history on job applications or postings.  The first instance in which such an inquiry can be made is after a conditional offer of employment is extended.  An employer that wishes to withdraw an offer of employment based on criminal history must first engage in a defined “Fair ...