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Workers taking leave to care for a new baby or for a sick family member will see a boost in benefits under Senate Bill 951, which passed in 2022. Under the law, workers with incomes of less than ...
This includes the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, whose contract cost an estimated $1 billion and gives them an enhanced retirement benefit.
Here are 3 new California laws that may have a widespread impact on wallets in 2025 California Gov. Gavin Newsom was busy in 2024, signing over 1,000 bills, according to local reporters.
The Fast Food Accountability and Standards (FAST) Recovery Act (AB 257) is a Californian law which brings multiple reforms to the state's fast food industry. The bill's provisions aim to allow workers and California state to hold fast-food chains responsible for issues like wage theft and overtime pay, and establish a council which itself shall be responsible for establishing minimum standards ...
SB497 - would require state courts and the state Labor Commission to assume employers are illegally retaliating if they take certain disciplinary actions against a worker who in the prior 90 days has made a wage claim or a complaint about unequal pay.
Authored by State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, the California Fair Pay Act (also known as SB358) is an amendment to the existing California labor laws that protects employees who want to discuss about their co-workers' wages as well as eliminating loopholes that allowed employers to justify inequalities in pay distribution between opposite sexes.
In 2025, workers making about $60,000 a year or more will receive 70% of their regular pay for as long as eight weeks. Wages for those making less will be replaced at 90%.
California workers and employers can look forward to an increased minimum wage, new salary transparency rules, higher family leave benefits and more in 2023.