Lawyer offers tips for employers to be 'proactive rather than reactive'
California is applying more pressure on employers to ensure that they comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Recently, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigative sweep of employers. Through inquiry letters sent to large California employers, the attorney general’s office is requesting information on the companies’ compliance with the CCPA with respect to the personal information of employees and job applicants.
“The California Consumer Privacy Act is the first-in-the-nation landmark privacy law, and starting this year, the personal information of employees, job applicants, and independent contractors received greater data privacy protections because of it,” said Bonta. “We are sending inquiry letters to learn how employers are complying with their legal obligations. We look forward to their timely response.”
Eight of the top 10 metropolitan areas with the highest increase in pay transparency from February 2022 to February 2023 are in California, according to Indeed’s U.S. pay transparency research released in March.
The CCPA applies to for-profit businesses that do business in California and meet any of the following:
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