Seyfarth Synopsis: A city that knows how to prepare for a natural disaster better than Charlie Mackenzie is now arming its employees to better face any future pandemics or public health crisis. San Francisco voters recently...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: West Hollywood has joined the growing ranks of California cities that have their own local sick leave and/or minimum wage requirements. West Hollywood enacted an ordinance that creates new paid and unpaid...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: West Hollywood, California enacted a general, non-COVID paid time off mandate with a minimum wage component. Effective January 1, 2022 for “hotel employers” and July 1, 2022 for other employers, this...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 9, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom enacted the 2022 iteration of California’s COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave law. The new law will be effective Saturday February 19, 2022 (10 days after...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 25, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the legislature would reenact California’s COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave law (again).The announcement was followed in short order by draft...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 18, 2021, the California Senate voted to revive and expand the Covid-19 related supplemental paid sick leave law that expired on December 31, 2020. Governor Newsom is expected to sign the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 18, 2021, the California Senate voted to revive and expand the COVID-19 related supplemental paid sick leave law that expired on December 31, 2020. Governor Newsom is expected to sign the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 26, 2021, the County of Los Angeles passed an ordinance requiring both large and small employers in unincorporated parts of the County to provide supplemental COVID-19 related paid sick leave....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance to expand paid sick leave to employees not entitled to leave under the federal Families First Coronavirus...more
4/16/2020
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San Francisco ,
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Wage and Hour
The Los Angeles City Council voted in favor of adopting a paid sick leave ordinance which, if approved, would provide six days of paid sick leave per year, with carry-over of 72 hours. An exemption for small employers was...more