In late September 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed several new laws impacting California employers, which included the new California pay transparency law, which we considered separately in an October 5 client alert on the legislation. Unless otherwise specified, the laws discussed below take effect on January 1, 2023.
Effective September 29, 2022, AB 152 extends California’s COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) law, which was originally enacted in early 2021. AB 152 extends the application of the current SPSL law for three months, through December 31, 2022.
As we previously reported in a February 15 client alert, the state’s current SPSL law requires employers with 26 or more employees to provide supplemental paid sick leave to employees who are unable to work for COVID-19-related reasons, as well as use leave to care for family members. The SPSL law provides for two “banks” of available sick leave, with each bank providing up to 40 hours of leave time. The first bank provides leave for covered employees who are unable to work or telework due to qualifying COVID-19 reasons, which include being subject to a quarantine or isolation period, attending or accompanying a family member to an appointment to receive a vaccine or a booster, or caring for a child whose school or care provider is closed or unavailable due to COVID-19-related reasons. The second bank provides for up to 40 hours of leave if the...
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