Acclaim Attorney, Zein Obagi Jr , Notes Five Major Changes to California Employment Law in 2021 einnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from einnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Center for American Progress issued the following issue brief on Feb. 9, 2021, entitled Eleven Things State and Local Governments Can Do to Build Worker Power:. American workers do not have the rights and protections they need and deserve in the workplace or in the U.S. democratic system. Unions help their members negotiate with employers for decent wages and.
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While California employers have had to vigorously monitor employment law changes relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, California Governor Gavin Newsom also signed several additional employment laws, which are not related to the pandemic.
State minimum wage increased. The state minimum wage is now $13/hour for employers with 25 or fewer employees and $14/hour for employers with 26 or more employees. This increase may affect whether certain employees are exempt from overtime compensation, one requirement of which is that the employee is paid a monthly salary equivalent to no less than two times the state minimum wage.
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Last fall, late on the final day he was permitted to sign legislation under California law, Governor Gavin Newsom affixed his signature to SB 973, a law that imposes on covered employers a significant employee data reporting requirement. All private employers who are required to prepare and file annual EEO-1 forms (Employer Information Report) and employ any employees in California must file the new reports annually with the Department of Fair Employment & Housing (DFEH). This new law has been codified as section 12999 of the California Government Code.
The data reporting requirement purportedly is intended to help achieve equal pay for women and persons of color by mandating the collection and submittal to the DFEH by covered employers of data that can be used by the DFEH “to investigate, conciliate, mediate, and prosecute complaints alleging practices made unlawful by [the Fair Employment & Housing Act].” (SB 973, S