As the 2022 legislative year came to a close on September 30, 2022, several significant employment law bills were signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom. This alert provides a recap of the most notable of these laws that employers should be familiar with as we close out 2022 and begin a new year in 2023.

AB 152

2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Sick Pay Extension and Grant Program for Small Businesses/Nonprofits

AB 152, which was signed into law by Governor Newsom on September 29, 2022, extends the deadline for employees to use their 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) by three months, from the prior deadline of September 30, 2022, to December 31, 2022.

SB 114, California’s 2022 COVID-19 SPSL Law, went into effect on February 19, 2022, and requires California employers in the public or private sector with more than 25 employees to provide their full-time, part-time, and variable-hour employees with supplemental paid sick leave for COVID related reasons. Under SB 114, eligible full-time employees are entitled to receive:

1. up to 40 hours of SPSL if they cannot work or telework after being diagnosed with COVID-19 or because they need to care for a family member diagnosed with COVID-19; to attend COVID-19 vaccine or booster appointments for themselves or their family members; to recover from symptoms associated with vaccines or boosters, or to care for a child whose school or place of care is closed due to COVID-19, and
2. an additional 40 hours of SPSL if they...

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