Application & Hiring

Employment agreements should be used sparingly by employers, otherwise you may find it difficult to terminate the employee who signed the agreement or to change the terms of their compensation or benefits, and you may open yourself up to breach of contract claims.

I’ve previously written about the importance of distributing employee handbooks, employment arbitration agreements and confidentiality agreements to your workforce. However, if you have employees who have little English literacy, it is important that you also provide translations of these key documents to your non-English speaking employees.

AB 168 takes effect on January 1, 2018, prohibiting all California employers from relying on the salary history information of an applicant for employment as a factor in determining whether to offer a position, or in deciding what salary to offer. The law defines “salary history” to include both compensation and benefits.