In February, Bay Area assemblymember Buffy Wicks announced the introduction of two bills designed to make workplaces more family-friendly and make California's Paid Family Leave program more equitable and accessible.
Proposed legislation would require employers who lay off more than 50 workers at a time to provide employees with 90 days notice. It would also prohibit employers from pressuring workers to sign away their rights in exchange for severance pay.
Proposed legislation would require employers who lay off more than 50 workers at a time to provide employees with 90 days notice. It would also prohibit employers from pressuring workers to sign away their rights in exchange for severance pay.
Among California's new workplace laws are ones expanding family leave, providing bereavement leave and mandating pay transparency. But many more measures tagged “job killers” failed.