As we’ve previously reported, the California Legislature last year passed and Governor Newsom signed into law AB 2499, which expanded existing leave requirements for California employers. Prior to passage of AB 2499, California already required employers: (1) to permit employees who are victims of certain violent crimes to obtain relief and (2) to provide such crime victim employees with reasonable accommodations for their safety at work. In relevant part, AB 2499 extended these protections to employees whose family member(s) are victims of the qualifying crimes, which include domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. (These expanded protections apply to employers with 25 or more employees.

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