Sarah Woolston
Employment Law Subject Matter Expert

Sarah Woolston joined the CalChamber in 2022 as an employment law subject matter expert. She oversees local ordinances content, serves as a co-presenter for compliance seminars and webinars, and answers calls on the Labor Law Helpline.

Woolston is a practical problem solver who has defended employers in trial and at administrative proceedings. She has provided day-to-day guidance to clients on a wide range of topics, including COVID-19 compliance, terminations, wage and hour, harassment investigations and much more.

Before joining the CalChamber, Woolston worked as a litigation associate at Best, Best & Krieger LLP and Matheny, Sears, Linkert & Jaime LLP. In law school, she externed at the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District for the Honorable Louis Mauro.

Woolston graduated summa cum laude from Saint Mary’s College of California in 2014 with a B.A. in politics and minor in communication. She received the 2014 Thomas Jefferson Departmental Politics Award for earning the highest grade point average in her major. During her junior year she studied abroad at John Cabot University in Rome. She holds a J.D. from University of California, Davis School of Law, where she was the president of the King Hall Labor and Employment Law Association and an editor for the UC Davis Law Review.

Labor Law Corner

• After the Vote: Implementing an Alternative Workweek Schedule
  August 11, 2023
• USCIS Releases Revised Form I-9, Adds Remote Inspection Procedure
  August 11, 2023
• Reporting Time Pay: When It’s Owed Depends on Circumstances
  May 12, 2023
• Employees May Use Sick/Family Leaves for Designated Person
  March 3, 2023
• State, Local Minimum Wage Rates Increase on January 1, 2023
  December 16, 2022
• Applicant’s Criminal History Off Limits Until After Making Job Offer
  November 4, 2022
• Company BBQ: Factors to Consider Before Sending Invites to Employees
  August 5, 2022

HRWatchdog

• After the Vote: Implementing an Alternative Workweek Schedule
  September 21, 2023
• Reporting Time Pay: When It’s Owed Depends on Circumstances
  September 13, 2023
• San Francisco Collects $20.5 Million For Local Ordinance Violations
  August 29, 2023
• Anaheim Voters Will Decide on $25/Hour Hotel Minimum Wage on Oct. 3
  August 3, 2023
• E-Verify Users Allowed to Electronically Inspect Form I-9 Documents
  July 31, 2023
• Los Angeles City’s New Freelance Worker Protections Ordinance
  July 13, 2023
• CDPH Updates “Outbreak” Definition, Masking Guidance
  June 28, 2023
• California’s Local Minimum Wage Rates Increasing July 1
  June 1, 2023
• Using AI in Employment Selection Procedures Guidance
  May 31, 2023
• Employers Using Arbitration Agreements Should Monitor This PAGA Case
  May 9, 2023

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