As is the case every year, the California legislature has been busy throughout 2022 enacting a host of new employment laws which take effect January 1, 2023, and even January 1, 2024. Here are ten things to look out for in 2023 and in 2024. Please note that based on recent legal interpretations, some of these new laws, as well as existing laws, may apply to out of state employers with only one employee in California
Pay Transparency S.B. 1162 amends California’s Pay Transparency Law to provide that employers must provide the pay scale for any job applicant upon receipt of such a request. In addition, the employer must provide a current employee with the pay scale for the employee’s position upon request. And, employers with 15 or more employees will be required to include the pay scale for a position in any job posting, including those jobs posted on third party sites. Moreover, employers will be required to maintain records reflecting the job title and wage rate history for each employee for the duration of their employment. Failure to follow these new rules may subject the employer to civil penalties ranging from $100 to $1,000 per violation, as well as to PAGA actions.
Employers with 100 or more employees also must submit a pay data report to the California Civil Rights Department annually, beginning in May, 2023. The report must include information on the number of employees by race, ethnicity, and sex, by job position, as well as the mean and median pay rates by...
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