Department of Industrial Relations Releases additional guidance on COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Employers All employees working for employers with 26 or more employees are entitled to up to 80 hours of 2022 COVID-19 related paid sick leave from January 1, 2022, through September 30, 2022, immediately upon an oral or written request with up to 40 of those hours available only when an employee or family member tests positive for COVID-19. A full-time covered employee may take up to 40 hours of leave if the employee is unable to work or telework for any of the following reasons: […]

Governor Newsom signed California Senate Bill 114 (“SB 114”) into law requiring employers who have more than 25 employees to provide Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (“SPSL”). The Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law creates new California Labor Code Section 248.6 and takes effect on February 19, 2022, and will remain in effect until September 30, 2022. The law requires employers to provide Supplemental Paid Sick Leave to employees retroactively back to January 1, 2022. This law broadens the reasons employees can take COVID-19 sick leave, as specified below. It also permits employers to request proof of a positive COVID-19 test as […]

We are pleased to bring you the 2022 Labor Law Update video by our employment attorney, Kristina Kourasis, Esq. to keep you informed with new employment laws as you make your way into the new year. Check out this informative video, packed with lots of employment law updates and over 30 minutes of Q&A. Contact your employment attorney or give us a call at (818) 986-7561 to make sure you’re in compliance with the new law. 01:29 – 05:00 Minimum Wage Increase 05:01 – 05:55 Meal Breaks (meal punch rounding is not allowed in California) 05:56 – 06:37 SB 62 […]