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Following is a summary of significant California employment legislation enacted into law in the 2022-2023 legislative session, and effective Jan. 1, 2024 (unless otherwise noted):
Topics Include:
1. Discrimination, Retaliation, and Harassment in Employment
- Protected Employee Conduct (SB 497)
- Employment Discrimination: Cannabis Use (SB 700)
2. Leaves of Absence
- Sick Days, Paid Sick Days Accrual and Use (SB 616)
- Leave for Reproductive Loss (SB 848)
3. Wage and Hour
- Fast Food Restaurant Industry: Fast Food Council: Health, Safety, Employment, and Minimum Wage (AB 1228)
- Minimum Wage: Health Care Workers (SB 525)
4. Occupational Safety and Health
- Occupational Safety: Workplace Violence: Restraining Orders and Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (SB 553)
5. Employee Benefits
- Employment: Benefits: Electronic Notice and Documents (AB 1355)
6. Public Employment
- Days and Hours of Work: Religious or Cultural Observance (SB 461)
7. Unfair Competition / Covenants Not to Compete
- Contracts in Restraint of Trade (AB 1076)
- Contracts in Restraint of Trade (SB 699)
8. Arbitration and Mediation
- Civil Procedure re. Arbitration (SB 365)
9. Miscellany
- Labor Code: Alternative Enforcement (AB 594)
- Employers: Agricultural Employees: Required Disclosures (AB 636)
- Employment: Rehiring and Retention: Displaced Workers (SB 723)
- Grocery Workers (AB 647)
10. Vetoed Legislation
- Discrimination: Family Caregiver Status (AB 524)
- Relocations, Terminations, and Mass Layoffs (AB 1356)
- Discrimination on the Basis of Ancestry (SB 403)
- Displaced Workers: Notice: Opportunity to Transfer (SB 627)
- Grocery Workers (SB 725)
- Employment Discrimination: Unlawful Practices: Work From Home: Disability (SB 731)
Regulatory Updates
- Modifications to Employment Regulations Regarding Criminal History
For more information on the topics mentioned, please refer to the PDF below.
