Articles Discussing California Family Leave and Family Leave Act.

On November 15, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. (Pacific Time), CDF Partners Mark S. Spring and Alison Tsao will be presenting our annual complimentary “Year in Review” webinar that will cover 2022’s new laws, key judicial decisions, and developments affecting California employers in 2023 and beyond.

With the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic now largely in the rear-view mirror, the most recent California legislation focuses on aggressively expanding employee rights in other areas. This webinar will cover the court decisions and recent legislation passed that will require California employers to take action as they prepare for 2023.

Topics will include:

-New mandatory bereavement leave requirements
-Expanded family leave that will allow California employees to take up to 12 weeks of leave to care for individuals who are not family members
-Another raise to the state minimum wage and corresponding salary tests for exempt status qualification
-New requirements that require California to provide job applicants and current employees additional information on pay ranges
-New obligations that mandate that California employers provide detailed pay data to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
-Recent developments regarding the use of mandatory arbitration in California
-Other important legal changes that California employers need to be aware of to ensure compliance in 2023

During this comprehensive webinar, Mark and Alison will review these developments and provide compliance guidance to assist employers as they prepare for 2023.

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In its current iteration, the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) requires California public employers and private employers with 5 or more employees to provide qualified employees with up to a total of 12 workweeks of leave in a designated 12-month period for family care and medical leave.

Beginning in June 2022, California businesses with between 1 and 100 employees may qualify to receive grants of up to $2,000 for each employee who is off work for a reason covered by California’s Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) program. The intent of the PFL Small Business Grant program is to help small businesses offset some of the expenses they incur while complying with their PFL obligations.

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In April 2022, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) provided insight about its new pilot mediation program for certain claims under the California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”).  The program is a significant benefit to “small employers” subject to the CFRA.

In this episode, Jen provides tips for employers struggling to comply with various leave of absence laws, including the FMLA/CFRA, California’s Pregnancy Disability Leave law, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act.

By: California Expands Its Family and Medical Leave Law

Late last week, Governor Newsom signed SB 1383 into law, greatly expanding coverage of the California Family Rights Act (CFRA).   SB 1383 expands the scope of employers who are covered by CFRA to now include small employers with as few as five

School children are back at school following winter break, and that may mean employee requests for time off for parent-teacher conferences, school assemblies, and more. While less known, California law has a collection of statutes affording parents protected time off. One of those protections is California Labor Code section 230.8, which provides parents, and other parental figures, with protected time off to attend to child related activities.

“What did I do wrong” and “Am I doing this correctly?” are frequent questions from clients regarding FMLA administration.

This month, the City of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors approved a measure mandating that all employers in San Francisco provide six weeks of fully paid leave during a calendar year for new parents. The measure includes paid leave for mothers, fathers, and same-sex couples who either bear or adopt a child.

Earlier this week, California’s Governor signed into law AB 908, which, beginning January 1, 2018, increases the wage replacement rate for employees receiving disability insurance and/or paid family leave benefits through the state. Currently, the maximum wage replacement is about 55% of the employee’s compensation. Effective January 2018, this amount will increase to 60 or 70 percent of the employee’s compensation, depending on the employee’s income level. The new law will also eliminate the 7-day waiting period for receipt of paid family leave benefits. A copy of the new law is available here.

Executive Summary: California employers are now facing another hurdle in their efforts to comply with state’s paid leave law, the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, in light of a recent opinion letter from the state agency that enforces the law.

California employers who work closely with one or more other employers in a single business enterprise need to be aware of a significant change in a California law that could have major liability repercussions.