Labor/Employment
Jul. 8, 2026
9th Circuit questions California's ban on mandatory workplace meetings
A federal appeals court panel sharply questioned whether California's law barring employers from disciplining workers who skip mandatory meetings on political or religious issues violates the First Amendment or can be challenged before it is enforced.
A three-judge federal appeals court panel grappled Tuesday with whether California can enforce a law limiting mandatory workplace meetings.
In what may have begun to feel like a mandatory workplace meeting for some of the participants, the court debated for nearly two hours in two separate cases over standing, the First Amendment, and whether SB 399 can be challenged if it has not yet been enforced. The 2024 law bars employers from punishing workers who refuse to attend employer-s...
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