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What Elon Musk Is Getting Wrong in the Twitter Layoffs
When Elon Musk bizarrely carried a sink into the headquarters in San Francisco and took ownership of Twitter, he immediately began making broad changes in the company’s workforce. Via an email to employees with the subject line “Your Role at Twitter,” he first laid off about 50% of the workforce. Musk has justified the…
California Law Now Mandates Bereavement Leave
Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1949, which requires California employers to provide five days of unpaid, bereavement leave. AB 1949 applies to private employers with 5 or more employees and public sector employees with at least 30 days of service.
California Moves to Protect Employees During an “Emergency Condition”
California has added Labor Code section 1193 that prohibits an employer from “tak[ing] or threaten[ing] adverse action against any employee for refusing to report to, or leaving, a workplace or worksite within the affected area because the employee has a reasonable belief that the workplace or worksite is unsafe” in the event of an…
California Expands Family and Paid Sick Leave to Include a “Designated Person”
California Governor Newsom just signed AB 1041 into law to expand California’s state family and paid sick leave by allowing employees to take protected time off to care for a “designated person.” Starting on January 1, 2023, this will impact employees’ rights under the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) and Paid Sick Leave in California.
California Increases Pay Transparency
On September 27, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1162, a pay transparency bill requiring employers to include pay ranges in job advertisements. SB 1162 also expands annual pay data reports to the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) beginning on May 10, 2023, and every second Wednesday in May annual thereafter.