Wage Law

Authored by Assemblyman Sandre Swanson (D-Oakland), AB 1043 passed the California Assembly on May 17, 2007, and heads to the Senate. The vote was split down straight party lines. AB 1043 would prohibit mandatory forum selection and choice-of-law provisions in employment cases, and establish a public policy against any provision in an employment contract that requires an employee, as a condition of obtaining or continuing employment, to use a forum other than California, or to agree to a choice of law other than California law, in any dispute with an employer regarding employment-related issues that arise in California.