Bills Signed by Governor (10/7/25) – Employment Law Weekly

Bills Signed by Governor (10/7/25)

Phyllis W. Cheng, Esq.

ADR Services Mediator, Former Director of the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”)

October 7, 2025

AB 715 by Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur (D-Hollywood) — Educational equity: discrimination: antisemitism prevention (signing message)

SB 48 by Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Los Angeles) – Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators (signing message)

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Clear and Unmistakable Evidence is Words in the Arbitration Agreement

Plaintiff Carlos Villalobos was employed by Simplified Labor Staffing Solutions, Inc., a temporary staffing services company that supplies labor and staffing to its customers. Simplified Staffing

Bills Signed and Vetoed by Governor (10/6/25)

Signed: AB 499 by Assemblymember Liz Ortega (D-San Leandro) – Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan AB 606 by Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Fullerton) –

Villalobos v. Maersk, Inc. (CA2/8 B333556 10/6/25) Arbitrability

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Curtis v. Inslee (9th Cir. 24-1869 10/6/25) COVID-19

The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim of an action brought by former at-will employees of a nonprofit health