Given the barrage of local, state, and federal COVID-19 legislation in 2020, California employers may be confused as to what to do now in 2021 when employees test positive for COVID-19..
Prior to Jan. 1, the California Family Rights Act required employers of 50 or more employees to provide eligible California employees up to 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave during any 12-month period to bond with a new child or care for themselves, a child, parent or spouse. In 2018, the California New Parent Leave Act effectively expanded the CFRA, providing child-bonding leave to employees of employers with 20-49 employees. Perhaps the most significant employment legislation of 2020, Senate Bill 1383 repealed the CFRA and eliminated the NPLA, replacing those laws with a new CFRA that includes smaller employers, adds qualifying reasons for leave and adds family
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â The California Chamber of Commerce and nearly 200 allied business organizations representing all sectors of the economy and employing millions of California workers today sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom and the Legislature calling for specific and immediate actions to curb the impact of the current pandemic-related economic crisis as well as address the underlying causes of an ongoing exodus of employers to other states.
âThe State will need a strong business recovery to bring back jobs and stability to our communities. We cannot recover when businesses are shutting down and employers are leaving,â the coalition states.
In the letter, the signatories state that many employers currently believe they could safely reopen given the extensive work they have done to create a safe environment for their employees and customers. The letter further describes how the pandemic has exacerbated the challenge of doing business in an already high-
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The 2020 California legislative session led to a number of new laws that already have had significant impact on employers in the state. Employers were barraged with a combination of state and federal pandemic-related legislation, numerous Executive Orders from Governor Gavin Newsom, and COVID-related health orders and ordinances from many counties and cities. However, the Legislature also adopted several important employment-related statutes that do not concern the pandemic, including annual pay data reporting requirements, modification of independent contractor requirements, and expansion of California Family Rights Act leave obligations. The challenges for employers with California workforces are greater than in any recent year.