Oct 30, 2024
California Expands the State’s PSL (Paid Sick Leave) Regulations
SB 1105
On September 24, 2024, SB 1105 was approved by the Governor and enacted to require paid sick days to be provided to agricultural employees, as defined, who work outside and entitled to paid sick days, as described, to avoid smoke, heat, or flooding conditions created by a local or state emergency, as described. The bill would declare that these provisions are declarative of existing law to the extent that the sick days are necessary for preventive care, as provided.
SB 1105 takes effect January 1, 2025. Full text of the Bill can be found by clicking on the link above.
AB 2499
On September 29, 2024, California’s Governor signed Assembly Bill (AB) 2499 expanding the list of crimes for which employees are entitled to take protected time off to assist family members who are victims of specified crimes. The new law also permits the use of state paid sick leave for these purposes.
Under AB 2499, the current protections remain in place, but broaden the definition of “victims” to include a victim of a “qualifying act of violence,” which means any of the following, regardless of whether anyone is arrested for, prosecuted for, or convicted of committing any crime:
- Domestic violence
- Sexual assault
- Stalking
- An act, conduct, or pattern of conduct that includes:
- An individual causes bodily injury or death to another
- An individual exhibits, draws, brandishes, or uses a firearm or other dangerous weapon, with respect to another
- An individual uses or makes a reasonably perceived or actual threat of use of force against another to cause physical injury or death.
Employees are permitted to use vacation, personal leave, paid sick leave, or compensatory time off that is available unless otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement.
Finally, employers will be required to provide written notice of their rights established under this bill to new hires, to all employees annually, at any time upon request, and any time the employer becomes newly aware that an employee or an employee’s family member is a victim.
AB 2499 takes effect January 1, 2025. Full text of the Bill can be found by clicking on the link above.
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