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The PFL insurance program is fully funded by employees' contributions, similar to the SDI program. The statute states that PFL must be taken concurrently with leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), both of which provide for twelve weeks of unpaid leave in a twelve-month period ...
CalHR represents the Governor as the "employer" in all matters pertaining to California State personnel employer-employee relations. [3] It is responsible for all issues related to salaries and benefits, job classifications, and training. For most employees, these matters are determined through the collective bargaining process.
The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) is a cabinet-level agency of the government of California.The agency coordinates workforce programs by overseeing seven major departments dealing with benefit administration, enforcement of California labor laws, appellate functions related to employee benefits, workforce development, tax collection, economic development activities.
California law and the FEHA also allow for the imposition of punitive damages [9] [10] when a corporate defendant's officers, directors or managing agents engage in harassment, discrimination, or retaliation, or when such persons approve or consciously disregard prohibited conduct by lower-level employees in violation of the rights or safety of the plaintiff or others.
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California Refinery and Chemical Plant Worker Safety Act of 1990 added section 7872 and 7873 to the Labor Code. On September 25, 1992, AB 2601 was signed into law. [20] It protected gays and lesbians against employment discrimination. [21] California was the seventh state to add sexual orientation to laws barring job discrimination. [22]
But as of Oct. 25, California had only collected $18 billion — a far cry from the $42 billion the state forecast back in June. Understandably, this news might make employees nervous.
Within the FEHA, the California Family Rights Acts (CFRA) allows an employee who has worked for at least 12 months, accrued a minimum of 1,250 hours during the preceding 12 months, and is employed at a worksite with 50 or more employees within 75 miles to take up to 12 work-weeks of protected leave. (Gov.