SB 294 requires employers to provide a new notice of worker rights to employees upon hire and annually thereafter, beginning February 1, 2026. As discussed in this Cooley alert, the notice must include information regarding various workers’ rights, including workers’ compensation benefits, the right to notice of immigration inspections, protections against unfair immigration practices, the right to organize and constitutional rights when interacting with law enforcement at work. It is also required to include information on new legal developments pertaining to laws enforced by the state’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency and a list of enforcement agencies that may enforce underlying rights in the notice.
The California Labor Commissioner just released its model notice, available here in English and available here in Spanish, with versions in additional languages forthcoming, including Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Korean, Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi. Employers must provide the notice to employees in a language the employer normally uses with the employees when discussing business, which should be a language employees understand. If the template notice is not available in that language, then the notice may be provided in English. Under SB 294, the California Labor Commissioner will post an updated template notice annually. By July 1, 2026, the California Labor Commissioner will also post a video for employers advising them of their rights and requirements under the...
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