In White v. Square, Inc. S249248 (August 12, 2019), the California Supreme  Court held that an online business violated the Unruh Act by discriminating  based upon  occupation (or other protected categories of people) and the discriminated person has standing to sue even if the person did not enter into a contract for the services because

Employers with 5 or more employees (not including independent contractors), must provide at least 2 hours of sexual harassment training to all supervisory employees and at least one hour of sexual harassment training to all non-supervisory employees by January 1, 2020, and once every 2 years thereafter.  An employer includes a person who regularly receives

Prior law prohibiting an employer from asking or relying upon the applicant’s salary history is modified. Employers may now inquire into an applicant’s salary expectation for the position being applied for such as for seniority or merit.  Sexual based salary decisions remain illegal.  Labor Code §§ 432.3 and 1197.5. Effective January 1, 2018.

An employer cannot require the execution of a release or non-disparagement agreement in exchange for any condition of employment and broadened non-employee harassment. Changes to the laws concerning harassment, discrimination, etc. (Government Code § 12940, 12965, 12923, 12950.2, and 12964.5) broadened the definition of harassment to include any type of harassment, not merely sexual,