The COVID-19 pandemic spurred a vast number of changes to California’s employment laws. Employers hoping for a reprieve from the rapid pace of change in employment laws will be disappointed that 2023 has been marked as another year of significant change. Below are some of the key laws that take effect in 2023, and beyond.
With the passage of SB 1162, employers with 15 or more employees must now affirmatively include the pay scale for a position in any job posting and must make the pay scale information available to current employees upon reasonable request. Employers must also keep records of job titles and wage rate history for each employee three years post-termination. A failure to comply with this section gives rise to penalties under the Private Attorney’s General Act (“PAGA”).
AB 1949 now requires employers with five or more employees to provide employees with up to five days of bereavement leave in the event of the death of a spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, domestic partner, or parent-in-law. This bereavement leave may be taken at any time within three months of the date of death, but the employer may request documentation of death within thirty days of the first date of leave. Whether the leave is paid depends on the employer’s existing bereavement policy. If the existing policy provides paid bereavement leave of less than five days, then the employee is entitled to the amount of paid...
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