Employers Cannot Discriminate Based On Reproductive Health
Senate Bill 523, awaiting signature from Governor Newsom, amends the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (California's discrimination law) by adding “reproductive health decision making” as a new protected classification. The term is defined to include, but is not limited to, a decision to use or access a particular drug, device, product, or medical service for reproductive health, such as contraceptives or an abortion procedure. The law also prohibits an employer
Sharp Increase In California Disability Insurance Benefits
Beginning January 1, 2025, a new California law increases the amount of unemployment and wage replacement benefits available for low-wage employees under California's Paid Family Leave (PFL) program and State Disability Insurance (SDI) programs. Workers making less than the state's average wage (approximately $70,000 currently) may be eligible to receive 90% of their regular wages under the PFL and SDI programs for disabilities or covered incidents. This is a sizeable incre
Cannabis Use Outside of Work
Cannabis marijuana drugs alcohol high drunk drug testing
CFRA EXPANDED TO APPLY TO "DESIGNATED PERSONS"
A new California law signed into being by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 29, 2022, expands the type of individual an employee may take leave to care for. Under previous law, an employee could only obtain protected leave from work if they were caring for the serious medical condition of a parent or child. Siblings, friends and others, however ill, and however much they could be helped by the employee, did not count and provided no right for leave to care for another. The
Pay Transparency
California law currently prohibits employers from asking job applicants about their salary history and requires employers to provide job applicants with pay scale information upon request. California law also currently requires employers with 100 or more employees to file an annual pay data report with the California Civil Rights Department (“CRD”) that contains information about the race, ethnicity, and sex of their workforce in various job categories. This allows the
Your Employer May Be Responsible For The Cost Of Your Workplace Uniform
work uniforms reimbursement
