6 New Employment Law Bills In California (And How They Will Affect You)

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6 New Employment Law Bills In California (And
How They Will Affect You)
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Employment law in California is constantly
evolving to expand workers rights and protect
them from all kinds of discrimination,
harassment, wrongful acts, unfair treatment, and
other bad stuff. A Los Angeles employment law
attorney at the Rager Offices Law has reviewed
the most prominent bills and summarized them all
so that you know what workplace changes to expect
in your city in the coming months. Consult with
their experienced employment law attorney in Los
Angeles to learn more about the current status of
these bills.
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Anti-discrimination protection to marijuana users
There is a legislature that intends to prohibit
employers from discriminating against employees
or job applicants on the basis of his or her use
of marijuana if this person is a qualified
medical marijuana user. The use of marijuana
would now become one of the protected
anti-discrimination characteristics in California
such as gender, age, marital status, race,
religion, skin color, ethnicity, pregnancy,
etc. Their best employment law attorneys in
California note that the legislation would not
prohibit employers from refusing to hire or
taking an adverse employment action against
employees using marijuana if their use of
marijuana harms the business and results in the
loss of monetary or another licensing-related
benefit. Furthermore, this bill would not
prohibit an employer from firing or taking
corrective action against a worker who is caught
red-handed smoking weed in the workplace or
working under the influence of marijuana.
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More females in the boards of directors
Another bill would require publicly traded
corporations in California to appoint a specified
number of women to their boards of directors.
Under the new legislation, at least one female
individual would have to be on their boards of
directors by the end of 2019. By the end of 2021,
that number would increase to two or three,
depending on the current total number of
directors on the board.
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Ban on confidential sexual harassment settlements
The Harvey Weinstein effect still ripples through
employment law in Los Angeles and all across
California. A new legislation would prohibit
confidential settlement agreements relating to
sexual harassment claims. Their Los Angeles
employment law attorney explains that any
provisions preventing the victim of sexual
harassment from disclosing the fact or existence
of the sexual misconduct in the workplace would
now be illegal under California law unless the
claimant (the victim of sexual harassment)
insists on the inclusion of such a provision.
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Increased paid sick leave A new employment law
bill would increase the minimum amount of sick
pay for employees accepting an annual lump sum of
paid sick leave, from 24 hours to 40
hours. Severe penalties for late payment of
wages A new law would also impose increased
penalties for employers for payday timing
violations. Under the new law, the late payment
of wages would impose a 100 penalty per day per
employee for up to a week (7 days). Repeated
violations would increase the penalty to 200 a
day.
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Extended time to file discrimination and
harassment claims
Another employment law bill would also extend the
timeframe within which an employee can file a
discrimination or harassment claim, from one year
to three years. Do you want to find out how the
new employment law bills are going to affect you
and your workplace? Get a free consultation
Contact employment law attorney in Los Angeles at
the Rager Offices Law today. Call their offices
at 310-527-6994.
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