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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill (SB) 93, legislation establishing a statewide right of recall for employees laid off due to reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The law impacts a significant number of California employers, including those employers utilizing temporary service or staffing agencies to fill positions, and has notable implications for private equity and other ownership groups who acquire operations in California.
The new law is effective immediately and remains in place through Dec. 31, 2024.
California employers must comply with yet another California-specific law designed to address the economic impacts connected to COVID-19 pandemic closures. On April 16, 2021, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 93 requiring California employers to offer to rehire employees who were laid off due to a reason related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including separations caused by public health directive, government shutdown order, lack
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On April 16, 2021, Governor Newsom signed a statewide right to recall ordinance (SB 93) into law. SB 93 is effective immediately. SB 93 codifies Labor Code section 2810.8 and requires hotels with more than 50 guestrooms to recall laid-off employees based on hire-date seniority.
REHIRING AND RETENTION Hotel employers (and airport, building service, event center, and private club employers) must recall qualified laid-off employees by hire-date seniority. A laid-off employee is entitled to recall if they held the same or similar position at the time of the employee’s most recent layoff with the employer.
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On April 16, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed
Senate Bill (SB) 93 into law. This new statute creates
California Labor Code Section 2810.8 and requires that employers in
certain industries make written job offers to employees whom they
laid off because of COVID-19. Employees have five business days to
respond and, if more than one employee responds, the employer must
award the job by seniority. Employers must keep records for three
years. The California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
(DLSE) will enforce the new law and may order reinstatement, front
Seyfarth Synopsis:
In a surprise move, and despite vetoing a strikingly similar measure only months ago when the pandemic was closer to its zenith, Governor Newsom on April 16, 2021 signed a measure requiring hospitality employers to give preference in hiring to workers previously laid off due to the pandemic.
Last year, large swaths of employers breathed a big sigh of relief when Governor Newsom vetoed
AB 3216, which would have required certain hospitality employers hotels, private clubs, event centers, and airport hospitality services to offer preferential hiring to employees laid off because of the pandemic. We followed the legislative journey of AB 3216 here and here. Governor Newsom vetoed the measure