Before this new law, employee bereavement leave depended entirely on an employer’s policy. California law has not required that private employers provide bereavement leave. Previous efforts to require bereavement leave met with vetoes; Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed bereavement leave bills in 2007 and 2010, with Governor Brown following in 2011. The first bill would have mandated up to four days of unpaid leave, while the others sought up to three days.
In his 2010 veto of AB 2340, Governor Schwarzenegger stated that “[w]hile well-intentioned, the choice of whether or not to offer unpaid bereavement leave should be left to the employer.” He also expressed concern about imposing “new and somewhat ambiguous burdens on businesses as well as subjecting them to new threats of litigation over California-specific employment laws.”
In vetoing AB 325 in 2011, Governor Brown responded that granting bereavement leave “is the moral and decent thing to do and I believe that the vast majority of employers voluntarily make such an accommodation for the loss of a loved one” in any event, while also expressing concern over that bill’s provision allowing employees to go directly to court to...
Armenian Genocide anniversary: false rumours Today, 24 April, marks the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. As every year, thousands of people are walking since the morning to the Tsitsern...