Employers should update notices for nonexempt employees and H-2A workers to comply with the recently passed AB 636
For years now, California law has required most employers to provide a Wage Theft Prevention Notice (aka Wage Theft Notice) to nonexempt employees, and the Labor Commissioner has provided an optional template for purposes of doing so. Recently passed legislation in California has expanded the list of topics the notice must address. Given the fast-approaching effective dates, employers should take immediate steps to ensure their templates comply with California law.
The California Wage Theft Prevention Act ("WTPA"), codified at Labor Code section 2810.5, was enacted in 2011 and requires California employers to provide notice of certain wage-and-hour information to nonexempt employees at the time of hire and within seven days of any change to the information. Since its enactment, the act has been amended to require all employers to provide, among other things, information regarding sick leave and to require employers of temporary workers to provide additional business location and contact information.
In October 2023, California Assembly Bill 636 was signed into law, expanding the WTPA's notification requirements yet again.
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