Catherine Feldman

Oct 25, 2024 | mondaq.com | Catherine Feldman |Joshua Seidman

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Oct 24, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Catherine Feldman |Joshua Seidman

What You Need to Know: Governor Newsom recently signed new laws – SB 1105 and AB 2499 – which extend and clarify employees’ available reasons for use of California paid sick leave (PSL). The changes go into effect on January 1, 2025. As we previously detailed, at the end of California’s 2023 legislative session, the legislature significantly expanded the state’s Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (HWHFA), primarily by providing more leave.

Oct 23, 2024 | lexology.com | Kristina Launey |Catherine Feldman |Elizabeth Levy

Seyfarth Synopsis: With the Governor’s September 30 deadline to sign bills behind us, we review the employment bills that made the cut to become laws, as well as those that didn’t survive the season. The most notable new laws read intersectionality into FEHA protected categories, recast victims’ time off provisions, adjust paid family leave, and impact protections for freelance workers and whistleblowers. We previously detailed the cornucopia of key bills California legislators introduced in 2024.

Oct 22, 2024 | mondaq.com | Catherine Feldman |Joshua Seidman |Elizabeth Levy

Seyfarth Synopsis: Out with the old and in with the new. Governor Newsom recently signed new laws which extend and clarify employees' available reasons for use of California paid sick leave. There are expanded unpaid leave protections for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or qualifying acts of violence, as well as for employees summoned to jury duty or responding to a subpoena or court order to testify under FEHA. The changes go into effect on January 1, 2025.

Oct 21, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Catherine Feldman |Joshua Seidman

Seyfarth Synopsis:  Out with the old and in with the new. Governor Newsom recently signed new laws which extend and clarify employees’ available reasons for use of California paid sick leave. There are expanded unpaid leave protections for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or qualifying acts of violence, as well as for employees summoned to jury duty or responding to a subpoena or court order to testify under FEHA. The changes go into effect on January 1, 2025.