2022 has been a busy year in California for employment law developments. Between California state and local governments, many new pieces of employment legislation were passed this year, and will take effect on January 1, 2023. Here are the top employment law developments that we're advising our clients about at TALG:

1. Pay Data Reporting – “Pay Transparency”

The California state legislature has taken aggressive steps to require pay transparency. In 2020, the state enacted legislation to require certain employers with 100 or more employees to file pay data reports with the state. This year, Senate Bill 1162 (SB 1162) expanded the law as follows:

• Requiring all private employers with 100 or more employees to file pay data reports - regardless of whether they are required to file a similar federal report.
• Enlarging the scope of information required to be included in pay data reports to include median and mean hourly rates within each job category by race, ethnicity, and sex.
• Requiring employers who have 100 or more employees hired through labor contractors to file a separate pay data report covering those employees.
• Adding additional civil penalties for failure to submit pay data reports.

SB 1162 requires employers with 15 or more employees to include pay scale information in any job postings.

2. COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

California's COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave legislation (SPSL) provides employees with supplemental paid sick leave for various...

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