Amid the flurry of employment laws signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in October 2025, Senate Bill No. 294 creates the Workplace Know Your Rights Act.

Starting February 1, employers must provide stand-alone annual notices of workers’ rights to employees and new hires and will face enforcement and penalties for noncompliance.

Employer Notice Obligations Under the Act

Effective February 1, and annually thereafter, employers must provide a stand-alone written notice to each current employee, as well as to new hires upon commencement of employment. The notice must also be provided annually to an employee’s authorized representative, if any.

The required notice must describe workers’ rights in the following areas:

• Workers’ compensation benefits, including disability pay and medical care for work-related injuries or illness, and contact information for the Division of Workers’ Compensation.
• Immigration protections, including notice of inspection by immigration agencies and protection against unfair immigration-related practices when exercising protected rights.
• Right to organize, including the right to organize a union or engage in concerted activity in the workplace.
• Constitutional rights when interacting with law enforcement at the workplace, including protections under the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures and the Fifth Amendment right of due process and against self-incrimination.

The notice must also include descriptions of new...

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