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Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed Maryam Maleki, Esq.

The Maryam Maleki Commentaries

Enacted on September 28, 2024, and taking effect January 1, 2025, California’s SB 1100 will cause a significant change in employment practices. This law aims to stop discriminatory hiring by restricting the inclusion of driver’s license requirements in job ads, applications, & related materials.

As per the legislation, employers can only make a driver’s license compulsory if driving is a bona fide job function, and if alternative transportation options are evidently not comparable in terms of time or cost. Ride-hailing, taxis, and active transport like cycling or walking are some of the alternative transport options. The Act excludes the normal commute to the primary work location.

Employers must review job descriptions, checking the frequency, distance, and time-sensitivity of the travel needed. The need of transporting supplies and other factors are also important.

Labor Code 2802 defines that employers must reimburse the cost of work-related transport by employees. The use of alternative transport for work-related tasks during the workday is an example. Such reimbursement costs need to be studied to decide whether an employee needs a driver’s license for a job.

The goal of this law is to broaden employment opportunities, and avoid unfair exclusion of a person from employment consideration due to not having a driver’s license. Legal counsel is recommended for employers to guarantee full compliance with the new regulations.

Maryam Maleki specializes in labor and employment law, providing legal counsel and litigation services to unionized and union-free employers in various aspects of employment law, including wage and hour class actions, whistleblower suits, wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and complex labor and employment matters. Specifically, Maryam defends employers nationwide in proceedings before state and federal courts, state and federal governmental agencies including the Civil Rights Department, National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the California Labor Commissioner. Additionally, Maryam counsels employers on a range of workplace issues including recruitment and hiring, development of handbooks and employment policies, disability accommodations and leaves of absence, workforce reductions, investigations, audits, and mitigating risk associated with employee terminations.

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