Yesterday was the last day for Governor Newsom to sign or veto bills that were passed by the Legislature this session. Newsom signed several bills into law that will affect California employers in the coming year. All new laws take effect January 1, 2021 unless otherwise indicated below. Here’s the…
Today, Governor Newsom signed two pieces of COVID-related legislation—AB 685 and SB 1159—into law. AB 685 imposes reporting requirements on employers related to COVID cases in the workplace. SB 1159 expands the availability of workers’ compensation coverage for COVID illnesses on the part…
On September 11, 2020, Governor Newsom signed AB 2143 into law. This bill, which takes effect January 1, 2021, makes some modest changes to a law that was enacted last year to generally prohibit the use of no-rehire provisions in settlement agreements of employment-related disputes. Last year’s law,…
There have been some highly publicized stories lately of employers taking different approaches to managing employee dress codes, specifically dealing with employees wearing Black Lives Matter (“BLM”) apparel and other forms of political and social justice expression. It was reported that one…
The California Secretary of State Alex Padilla recently announced that the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) will appear on the upcoming November 3, 2020 ballot. Nicknamed the “CCPA 2.0,” the CPRA would amend the California Consumer Privacy Act and impose more stringent requirements on…
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