Tuesday, December 22, 2020
2020 has been a year of constant changes for California employers. Here are some big developments that employers cannot afford to miss in 2021.
Expansion of the California Family Rights Act
One of the biggest legislative changes facing California employers in 2021 will be the expansion of the California Family Rights Act (CFRA). Currently, employers with 50 or more employees are subject to CFRA and its federal equivalent, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Both provide employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave. When Senate Bill 1383, goes into effect on January 1, 2021, CFRA will be expanded to cover all employers with 5 or more employees.
Monday, December 21, 2020
The Biden Plan for Strengthening Worker Organizing Collective Bargaining and Unions specifically endorses several California employment laws as models for the whole country. Accordingly, the many new employment laws set to take effect in California in 2021 (and a few that have already taken effect) may very well be a taste of what’s to come for employers everywhere. Therefore, companies that operate in California, and even those that don’t, should become familiar with new laws going into effect in the Golden State. We have prepared a summary of these laws here:
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2020 has been a year of constant changes for California employers. Here are some big developments that employers cannot afford to miss in 2021.
Expansion of the California Family Rights Act
One of the biggest legislative changes facing California employers in 2021 will be the expansion of the California Family Rights Act (CFRA). Currently, employers with 50 or more employees are subject to CFRA and its federal equivalent, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Both provide employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave. When Senate Bill 1383, goes into effect on January 1, 2021, CFRA will be expanded to cover all employers with 5 or more employees.
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The Biden Plan for Strengthening Worker Organizing Collective Bargaining and Unions specifically endorses several California employment laws as models for the whole country. Accordingly, the many new employment laws set to take effect in California in 2021 (and a few that have already taken effect) may very well be a taste of what’s to come for employers everywhere. Therefore, companies that operate in California, and even those that don’t, should become familiar with new laws going into effect in the Golden State. We have prepared a summary of these laws here:
Friday, December 18, 2020
Almost all California employers will soon be impacted by an impending expansion to the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) under SB-1383, which was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 17, 2020. The CFRA amendment goes into effect on January 1, 2021, and dramatically changes the California employment leave landscape. The CFRA was originally modeled largely after the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); however, the two laws contain significant differences, and these new amendments to CFRA expand the gap in many ways.
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Among other notable changes, the new bill:
Expands CFRA coverage to employers with five or more employees (instead of 50 or more employees);