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...
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.
“California’s new solar building requirements will create thousands of new jobs on top of the 85,000 solar workers currently employed in the state,” said Dan Whitten, Vice President of Communications at the Solar Energy Industries Association.“No question, there will be plenty of workers to...
The California Legislative Women’s Caucus & Future of Abortion Council introduced alengthy package of 17 billsearlier in 2023 on “Reproductive Justice & Abortion Rights.” These are the 10 bills signed into law by Gov. Newsom: AB 254 (Bauer-Kahan) Adds CMIA/HIPAA protections for data collect...
practices and procedures and to train personnel for the changes. SB 1126(Expands California's State-Run Retirement Program):Under existing law, eligible employers are required to offer a payroll deposit retirement savings arrangement to allow eligible employees to participate in CalSavers, if the ...
New Laws Affecting California Employers: Anti-Harassment Protections for Unpaid Interns, Anti-Bullying Training for Managers, and Mandatory Paid Sick Leaveo Employers may cap usage at 24 hours (or three days) each year if they give all available time to employees at the beginning of each year....
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Ride-hail drivers and a union filed a lawsuit Thursday against Proposition 22 — a ballot measure that exempted Uber and other companies from California's gig economy law — after the state Supreme Court threw out their case.
Capital & Main — an investigative news organization — interviewed more than 40 farmworkers across California in recent months. Workers said they did not receive heat safety training from employers and were not aware of their rights under the law. Many said they often toiled in fields and orcha...
SB-731 was signed into law last fall by Newsom, making California the first state in the nation to allow almost all old convictions on a person's criminal record to be permanently sealed. The bill will automatically seal conviction and arrest records for most ex-offenders who are not ...
This bill mandates that thedesignationof sick leave taken for reasons specified under California’s paid sick leave law shall be made at the sole discretion of the employee. SB 1159: Workers’ Compensation: COVID-19: Critical Workers This would codify the Governor’s prior orders, which ...