The new year brings new laws and requirements for California employers. California employers face a higher state minimum wage, new protected leaves for employees to take care for designated people, bereavement leave, pay transparency law, and privacy protections for employees.
At start of 2022, new version of California COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave SPSL was passed and initially planned to expire on September 31, 2022. But before it could expire, the legislature extended SPSL with some minor changes to continue through the end of 2022.
COVID-19 appears poised to remain with us on a long-term basis, and many employers are asking what is currently mandated in respect to COVID-19 and the workplace? Many states have relaxed or eliminated workplace-related COVID rules, but some still have rules.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law employment-related bills impacting employer’s obligations relating to COVID-19. Assembly Bill 152 extends California’s 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave through December 31, 2022. Employers with more than 25 employees
Proposition G Ordinance providing San Francisco-based employees with paid leave during future public health emergencies employers with 100 or more employees worldwide to provide up to 80 hours of paid public health emergency on October 1, 2022.