What –Effective January 1, 2023, Assembly Bill 1041 expands employee California Family Rights Act (CFRA) and paid sick leave rights to allow an employee to take such leave to care for a "designated person," in addition to other family members previously specified by law. “Designated person”...
A new law taking effect in 2024 will ensure California workers are giventime off for reproductive loss. Under the new law, California companies with five or more employees will be required to provide bereavement leave to those experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, failed IVF, failed adoption...
a policy providing for two paid days of bereavement leave would result in an employee taking two days of paid bereavement leave and three days of unpaid bereavement leave under the law); or 3) If an existing policy provides for less than five days of unpaid bereavement leave, employees are...
Most of California's fast food workers are set to be paid at least $20 per hour. A new law mandating the minimum wage increase for fast food workers is scheduled to take effect on Monday.
New California Law Will Require Employers to Provide Employees with Paid Sick LeaveChammas, Daniel
Existing Law California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”) provides protected unpaid leave of up to 12 weeks for: baby bonding; the employee’s own serious health condition; the serious health condition of an employee’s family member; and, a qualifying exigency r...
For example: The wage order posting provides a summary of state law on minimum and overtime wages, as well as on meal and rest breaks. Employers may want to attach the meal and rest break policy and require each employee to electronically sign an acknowledgement form th...
AB 2210 (Aguiar-Curry):Authorizes disciplinary action against a licensed contractor for violations of tree worker safety regulations administered by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health without regard to whether death or serious injury to an employee resulted from the violation. This...
More Californians with mental illness and addiction issues that are untreated could be detained against their will and forced into treatment under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. It's a move to help overhaul the state's mental health sys
As a result of these significant changes to the CFRA, many California employers likely will want to start preparing to comply before the new law takes effect. Many smaller businesses may want to begin planning for employee leaves of absence that they may have previously never provided. Because ...