Under the new California “Workplace Know Your Rights Act” (Senate Bill (SB) 294), employers must provide a new notice to employees by February 1, 2026. Lawmakers drafted the legislation to ensure that employers inform their employees about labor protections, immigration-related rights, and workplace-based constitutional protections. The California labor commissioner has now provided a template notice in English and Spanish.

Quick Hits

• Under the new California “Workplace Know Your Rights Act,” employers must provide a stand-alone written notice to employees by February 1, 2026, detailing workers’ compensation, immigration-related protections, union organizing rights, and other key legal rights.
• The California labor commissioner has provided a template notice in English and Spanish, with plans to offer additional translations in several other languages soon.
• Employers must distribute the notice to current employees by February 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, using methods like personal service, email, or text message, and must also provide it to new hires upon employment and to collective bargaining representatives annually.

What does the template notice say?

The new law, codified at California Labor Code sections 1550-1559, requires employers to provide a “stand-alone written notice” addressing workers’ compensation, protections against unfair immigration-related practices, the right to notice of federal immigration inspections, the right to organize a union in the...

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