Businesses sue state over new workplace law

New California Law Violates 1st and 14th Amendments, Business Groups Argue in Lawsuit

Business groups in California filed a federal lawsuit on New Year’s Eve to challenge a new law that prohibits companies from firing or in any way disciplining workers who refuse to attend “captive audience” meetings, effectively undoing nearly 80 years of precedent protecting employer speech. Senate Bill 399, which took effect on Jan. 1, adds section 1137 to the California Labor Code, prohibiting employers from taking any action against an emplo…

Businesses sue state over new workplace law

California businesses are suing to halt a new state law that bars them from requiring employees to attend anti-union meetings at work. The state’s Chamber of Commerce and California Restaurant Association filed the suit in federal court on New Year’s Eve, a day before the new law was to go into effect, seeking to block it from being enforced. The law prohibits employers from disciplining workers who refuse to attend workplace meetings to hear ab…

Businesses suing state over new workplace meeting law

California businesses are suing to halt a new state law that bars them from requiring employees to attend anti-union meetings at work.

Business groups sue over state ban on “captive audience” meetings. – hassteveclarkresignedyet

Credit: Volodymyr Volodymyrov/Getty Images The California Chamber of Commerce and the California Restaurant Association challenge a recently passed law in the state, which prohibits employers from applying repressions against employees who refuse to attend the so-called enthusiastic audience meetings where employers can make speeches that promote an anti-union stance or discourage workers fro…

Restaurants, CalChamber contest new workplace ‘captive audience’ law

A new California law pertaining to captive audience meetings in the workplace has drawn the attention of several prominent groups gearing up for a legal battle in 2025. The California Chamber of Commerce and the California Restaurant Association have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the new law, Senate Bill 399, that aims to ban retaliation over worker attendance of “captive audience” meetings. The bill, which took effect on New Year’s Day, p…