On behalf of Fairchild Employment Law | October 18, 2022 | California Leave Laws
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 emergency condition. The new law becomes effective January 1, 2023.