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Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a number of bills that will affect California employers in 2021. Most significantly, the new laws greatly expand the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), create stringent workplace reporting requirements related to COVID-19, and clarify California’s year-old independent contractor law, Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5).
Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave
Assembly Bill (AB) 1867 expanded supplemental paid sick leave for COVID-19-related reasons for certain employers not already covered by the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Specifically, it required private employers that employ 500 or more U.S. employees to provide California employees with paid sick time for COVID-19-related absences.
Highlights
Starting Jan. 1, 2021, employees in Massachusetts may begin to apply for and receive paid leave under the state s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law. Most Massachusetts workers will be eligible to take up to 26 weeks of paid leave per benefit year under the new law.
Massachusetts employers should be taking the final steps necessary to ensure they comply with their obligations under PFML.
This Holland & Knight alert provides an overview of the benefits provided by PFML, and summarizes recent guidance and updates from the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave.
On Jan. 1, 2021, employees in Massachusetts may begin to apply for and receive paid leave under the state s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law. Massachusetts employers should therefore take any final steps necessary to ensure they comply with their obligations under PFML. This Holland & Knight alert provides an overview of the benefits provided by PFML, and summarizes recent guida