Legislative Update: Paid Leave And Accommodation Tops 2021 Legislative Year - Employment and HR
Seyfarth Synopsis: Headlining the number of employment-related bills California legislators introduced by the February 19th deadline are those that would extend COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave and provide other leaves and accommodations. After last year's pandemic-caused truncation of the 2020 legislative session—in which the governor signed only 372 new laws, the fewest since 1967—many expected the introduction of a large number of bills. Yet "only" 1,560 bills were introduced in the Assembly this year, the lowest number in six years—though there is no shortage of labor ...
Source: mondaq.com