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California Governor’s Executive Order on Disaster Unemployment Assistance for Child Care Providers in Los Angeles

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On February 11, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to support childcare providers impacted by the recent wildfires in Los Angeles. This order ensures that those affected are aware of their eligibility for...more

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Assembly Bill 2499: California Amends Jury, Court, and Victim Time Off Provisions

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On September 29, 2024, the Governor signed Assembly Bill (AB) 2499, expanding the list of crimes for which employees can take time off and allowing employees to take protected time off to assist family members who are victims...more

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Assembly Bill 2123: Changes in Managing Employee Leave under Paid Family Leave

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On September 29, 2024, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 2123, eliminating employer’s ability to require employees to use accrued vacation leave before accessing California’s Paid Family Leave Program (PFL)....more

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A Summary of New Laws Coming for California Employers in 2024

In 2023, California has adopted several new employment laws either introducing new employee protections or codifying existing practices into state law. With these changes, employers will need to examine and adjust some of...more

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California Employers Required To Provide Reproductive Loss Leave Starting January 1

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB 848 on October 10, 2023. This new law expands California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) to provide covered employees with protected leave after a reproductive...more

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Employers, Are Your Leave Policies Ready to Ring in 2023?

With the arrival of the new year comes the effective date of many new leave laws (and expansion of existing leave laws) across the United States. Below we summarize family and sick leave laws that will take effect across...more

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San Francisco’s OLSE Issues FAQs for Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance

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In June, San Francisco voters approved Proposition G, which created the Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance (PHELO). The ordinance requires private employers to provide paid leave to employees for “public health...more

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San Francisco’s New Public Health Emergency Law Creates Mandatory Paid Leave

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Beginning October 1, 2022, when a public health emergency is in place, businesses with 100 or more employees worldwide must provide up to 80 hours of paid Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL) each calendar year to each...more

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California Reinstates COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

We previously described the “framework” for an agreement to reinstate California’s Supplemental Paid Sick Leave.  Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (“SB”) 114 into law on February 9, 2022.  The specifics of the bill are...more

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California Provides Employees with Another Bucket of COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Leave

On February 9, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom approved Senate Bill 114 (“SB 114”), which entitles most California employees to a new bucket of COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave.  The law will go into effect on...more

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California Rolls Out New COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for 2022

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On February 9, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB-114, effective February 19, 2022, which requires employers to provide workers with up to two weeks (80 hours) of supplemental paid sick leave related to COVID-19. ...more

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California COVID Supplemental Sick Leave is Back

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California COVID supplemental sick leave is back. After Governor Newsom and the State Legislature came to an agreement earlier this year for what the 2022 version of supplemental sick leave would look like, mirror bills (AB...more

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California COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Becomes Law Again

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On February 9, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 114 which resurrects COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) for 2022. The following are answers that employers need to their questions...more

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Here We Go Again: California Reenacts Supplemental Paid Sick Leave For COVID-19

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The California legislature passed a new bill, SB 114, that awaits Governor Newsom’s signature. The bill reenacts a supplemental paid sick leave (“SPSL”) requirement for companies with more than 25 employees and will be...more

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Here We Go Again: California Employers Face Third Round Of Stay-At-Home Orders

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On December 3, 2020, the state issued a new regional stay-at-home order which requires additional industries to close or scale back operations based on intensive care unit (ICU) capacity in the region. The order separates the...more

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New California Family Rights Act Dramatically Expands Employee Rights and Employer Obligations

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On September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 1383, which repealed the current California Family Rights Act (CFRA), eliminated the California New Parent Leave Act, and replaced those statutes...more

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UPDATED - CA Expands Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave

New material since Friday. EDITOR’S NOTE: We posted on this legislation on Friday, but there were additional developments that occurred over the weekend, so we are replacing the Friday post with the following updated...more

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New California Law Significantly Expands Employee Entitlement To Family And Medical Leave

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California employers with as few as five employees must provide family and medical leave rights to their employees under a new law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 17, 2020. The new law significantly expands the...more

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San Francisco, San Jose Mandate Special COVID-19 Paid Leave

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In March, the federal government enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). That federal law required that employers with fewer than 500 employees provide paid leave for certain reasons related to the...more

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