Labor & Employment Law Blog

In January, the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (the “DLSE”) issued a second set of "Frequently Asked Questions" regarding the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, California’s new paid sick leave law (AB 1522).  The DLSE issued the following clarifications:

The California Labor Commissioner has posted Spanish and Vietnamese template sick leave posters and updated Labor Code Section 2810.5 notices pursuant to the new sick leave law, the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Family Act of 2014.

On September 10, 2014, Governor Brown signed into law the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, which will require California employers to provide to nearly all employees — exempt and non-exempt — paid sick days effective July 1, 2015.

The Basics: With limited exceptions, beginning July 1, 2015, every employee, whether exempt or non-exempt, who is employed in California for 30 days or more ...