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California’s new AI employment rules require bias testing, transparency, and recordkeeping, with employers being held liable even when using ADS vendors.

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Understand how California’s new minimum wage, effective Jan. 2026, impacts exempt salaries, premiums, and compliance, plus key steps employers must take now.

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California awarded $8.55 million to 16 local prosecutors to enforce labor laws, signaling increased prosecutions of wage and hour violations statewide.

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