CALIFORNIA’S FAMILY RIGHTS ACT NEW REGULATIONS
Effective July 1, 2015 All Covered Employers Must Update Policies, Procedures and Notices Private-sector employers with 50 or more employees are covered by the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) and the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). These state and federal laws enable a qualified worker to take an unpaid health-related leave of absence […]
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FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVES POLICY
California employers with five employees or more must provide eligible workers with unpaid job-protected family and medical leave under the California Family Rights Act(CFRA). Employers with 50 or more employees must also comply with the corresponding federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
INCLUSION, EXPANDED
California’s Greater Reach on Family Leave and Paid Sick Benefits
The California Family Rights Act (CFRA) prohibits businesses with five or more employees from denying an eligible worker’s request to take up to a total of 12 unpaid workweeks in any 12-month period for family care and medical leave.
ALL IN THE FAMILY
New Workplace Notice Available For Family Related Leaves Starting April 1, 2019, covered California employers must post the new Family Care and Medical Leave and Pregnancy Disability Leave notice (DFEH-100-21/March 2019). Previously, the notice was only for employers with 50 or more on payroll. It summarized employee rights and responsibilities when requesting Family Care […]
CALIFORNIA PAID FAMILY LEAVE OVERVIEW
Is California’s “Paid Family Leave” a Protected Leave of Absence? Employers are sometimes uncertain how to properly respond to an employee’s request for Paid Family Leave because the name is somewhat misleading. Some unpaid “leaves of absence” (for example for medical conditions or family emergencies) are legally “protected,” meaning the employer must accept the eligible […]
WHAT’S NEW FOR 2018 CALIFORNIA’S “NEW PARENT LEAVE ACT” IMPACTS SMALL BUSINESS
Employers with 20 or More on Payroll Must Provide Expanded Parental Leave Effective January 1, 2018, California’s “New Parent Leave Act” (the Act) requires all private employers with 20 or more on payroll to provide eligible workers with up to 12 weeks of unpaid job-protected parental leave to bond with a new child within one […]
WHAT IS YOUR LACTATION LOCATION?
San Francisco Workplace Ordinance – Directs Time and Space for Nursing Mothers San Francisco is the first California city to enact an ordinance requiring private employers to provide lactation breaks and rooms to employees who are nursing mothers. Effective January 1, 2018, all non-governmental employers under San Francisco’s “Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance” must provide […]
NEW TRANSGENDER RIGHTS IN THE WORKPLACE
Expanded California Regulations Effective July 1, 2017 California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) recently heeded Dylan’s lyric “the times they are a-changin’” and released Regulations Regarding Transgender Identity and Expression. Effective July 1, 2017, the new regulations expand existing protections under FEHA (Fair Employment and Housing Act) for “gender identity” and “gender expression” […]
CALIFORNIA LABOR LAWS 2016
NEW CALIFORNA PREGNANCY DISABILITY LEAVE POSTER REQUIREMENTS Take Effect On April 1, 2016 Under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act’s (FEHA) Pregnancy Disability Leave Law (PDL), California employers with at least five employees must provide unpaid leave to an employee who is disabled due to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. FEHA also […]
CALIFORNIA’S EXPANDED IMMIGRATION-RELATED PROTECTIONS
New for 2014 While employers are barred by federal law from knowingly employing unauthorized immigrants, companies are also barred from treating any immigrant unfairly, whether or not authorized to work in the U.S. New California laws for 2014 provide the strongest anti-retaliation protections for immigrant workers in the country. This legislation penalizes employers who threaten […]