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Major California labor updates include pay transparency law, expanding family leave, Contraceptive Equity Act, Covid Supplemental Paid Sick Leave, FAST Recovery Act, emergency condition protections, employee protections for mass layoffs, and mandated bereavement leave.

Pay equity has been a hot topic in employment law in recent years. Laws vary by state. California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, Rhode Island and Washington recently enacted laws. New York Legislature passed Senate Bill 9427. Employers should prepare.

The DCPS Digital Equity Act of 2022 requires the school district to create a student technology plan to close the digital divide locally and modernize school IT protocols, with the help of feedback from parents and educators.

California continues to expand worker protections and aims to increase pay transparency in the workplace.

Among other goals, the new green legislation commits California to 100% clean energy by 2045 and cut state oil consumption by 91%.

State of California

Senate Bill 523 expands the accessibility of vasectomies and contraception for parents. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has the final decision to adopt this into law.

As a little girl growing up in La Mercy, on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, advocate Indra Goberdan experienced the unfairness of apartheid and listened tentatively to her parents’ stories.

When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we all have the responsibility of undoing the past, meaning employers need to become more accommodating of their employee’s cultural needs.

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