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This past year brought new laws requiring changes to policies commonly found in California employee handbooks. To ensure compliance with current California law, employers should review and update their handbooks within these first few months of 2021.
Here are just a few of the key updates employers should act on:
Expansion of the California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”)
Previously, under CFRA, an employee would be entitled to 12 workweeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period only if he or she worked for an employer with 50 or more employees. SB 1383 expands CFRA to cover businesses with as few as five employees. These employers must now have a CFRA policy in place permitting employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave.