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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a number of bills that will affect California employers in 2021. Most significantly, the new laws greatly expand the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), create stringent workplace reporting requirements related to COVID-19, and clarify California’s year-old independent contractor law, Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5). Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Assembly Bill (AB) 1867 expanded supplemental pai...

Highlights Starting Jan. 1, 2021, employees in Massachusetts may begin to apply for and receive paid leave under the states new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law. Most Massachusetts workers will be eligible to take up to 26 weeks of paid leave per benefit year under the new law. Massachusetts employers should be taking the final steps necessary to ensure they comply with their obligations under PFML. This Holland & Knight alert provides an overview of the benefits provided by PFML, and s...