As we get closer to the end of 2022, it’s important to look beyond the holiday season and prepare for what is coming January 1, 2023. Alongside New Year’s Resolutions, employers should prepare for state leave law changes. We’ve summarized a few of the notable items below: California In September 2022, California enacted CA A … Continued
CFRA Expansion Effective January 1, 2021 The California Family Rights Act (CFRA) currently permits eligible workers employed by a government employer or a private employer with 50 or more employees to take up to 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave during a 12-month period to bond with a new child of the employee, for the … Continued
At the eleventh hour, the California legislature, poised to adjourn for final recess on August 31, passed multiple leave-related bills with big absence management implications for California employers. In this three-part blog, we first explore the new statewide paid sick leave mandate that requires emergency paid leave be provided to many California employees who fall … Continued
Happy July 1 – the effective date for an additional two weeks of California Paid Family Leave (CA PFL)! As most of you will know, the CA PFL benefit entitlement has increased from six to eight weeks (as we wrote about here). Importantly, the additional two weeks of CA PFL entitlement applies only to claims/leaves that begin on … Continued
At Alight, we manage employee leaves of absence, so we are acutely aware that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is causing huge disruption for most employers. Alight will continue to offer its clients COVID-19 guidance as developments arise in the coming days and weeks. As COVID-19 cases rise rapidly in the United States, administrative agencies have … Continued
California continues its push to lead the country in providing workers with paid leave benefits. The latest expansion increases the amount of paid family leave from six to eight weeks in 2020. And an even bigger expansion is planned for 2021-22 as newly passed legislation creates a task force to propose an increase to a … Continued
Alight announces that its practice guidelines from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) are now available complimentary to providers who handle California workers’ compensation cases. California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) launches new website featuring ACOEM content and tools. View the press release here.
On September 14, the governor of California signed Assembly Bill 2337, adding a notice requirement to the California Domestic Violence Leave law. The new notice requirement goes into effect January 1, 2017. Per existing law, employers with 25 or more employees cannot terminate, or in any way discriminate or retaliate against an employee who is … Continued
The sun is shining a little brighter this summer on employees in two California cities. Both are moving forward with paid sick time laws, providing protections above and beyond what the state law provides. Los Angeles’s law was signed by the Mayor on June 2 and goes into effect on July 1, 2016. San Diego’s … Continued
Yesterday we wrote about the passage of a new California Law, known in the legislature as Assembly Bill 908, which in 2018 will increase California’s paid family leave (PFL) weekly benefit amount and eliminate the waiting period required to receive PFL benefits. While not wildly touted, not even by Governor Brown in his own press … Continued
Not to be outdone by San Francisco or New York, Governor Brown signed a bill yesterday sweetening California’s paid family leave benefit program (PFL). In 2002, California was the first state to enact a paid family leave program, offering 6 weeks of partial wage replacement when employees took time off to bond with a newborn, adopted, … Continued
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) has announced amendments to the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) regulations which impact California Pregnancy Disability Leave (“PDL”) and are slated to take effect April 1. The amendments include updated notices, which must be implemented by April 1st – no fooling! Updated Notices. Previously, the … Continued
