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Important Legislative Updates: COVID-19 CFRA Expansion, COVID-19 Required Notices to Employees, and Workers’ Compensation Presumption
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- Written by Rebecca A. Hause-Schultz and Jorge Lopez Espindola
Governor Newsom recently signed laws impacting workers’ rights in light of the COVID-19 pandemic AND significantly expanding the California Family Rights Act for smaller employers. Key changes are explained below:
FRIDAY FLURRY: UPDATES ON NEWS FROM THIS WEEK
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- Written by The Saqui Law Group, Rebecca R. Schach, Jorge Lopez Espindola and Nathaly Martinez
BREAKING NEWS: GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON SUPPLEMENTAL PAID SICK LEAVE BECOMES LAW
By: The Saqui Law Group, Rebecca R. Schach and Nathaly Martinez
By: The Saqui Law Group, Rebecca R. Schach and Nathaly Martinez
Earlier this week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1867 making his prior Executive Order on supplemental Paid Sick Leave the law for an expanded group of workers. As a refresher, on March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-51-20, which provides supplemental paid sick leave (“COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave”) for food sector workers who work for a hiring entity that has 500 or more employees nationwide for certain circumstances related to COVID-19.