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In an Oct. 10, 2024 San José Spotlight column, I discussed employment laws that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed to advance workers’ rights. Newsom also signed additional laws that protect workers and went into effect on Jan. 1.
Driver’s license requirement prohibited in job postings
Senate Bill 1100 prohibits statements in job advertisements, postings, applications and other employment materials that an applicant must have a driver’s license. There are exceptions for when the employer reasonably expects driving to be one of the job functions for the position, and when the employer reasonably believes satisfying the job function using an alternative form of transportation would not be comparable in travel time or cost to them.
Workplace restraining orders
Senate Bill 428 expands the California Code of Civil Procedure 527.8 to allow employers to seek a temporary restraining order against an individual not only for violence and threats of violence, but also harassment. Harassment is a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a person that seriously alarms, annoys or harasses the person, would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress and actually causes substantial emotional distress.
Protections for combination of protected traits
Senate Bill 1137 prohibits discrimination and harassment not only on the basis of individual protected traits, but also on the basis of the...
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