Under existing law, Paid Family Leave is deducted from an employee's paycheck and provides for up to six (6) weeks of government paid wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off of work to bond with a newborn within one year of birth or adoption, or to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, or domestic partner.

Effective July 1, 2014, SB 770 amends various section of the [...]

Effective January 1, 2014, SB 288 adds §230.5 to the Labor Code to prohibit an employer from discharging, retaliating or discriminating against any employee for attending court proceedings against their perpetrator if the employee (or the employee’s spouse, parent, child, sibling, or guardian) has suffered direct or threatened physical, psychological, or financial harm as a result of a commission or attempted commission of a crime including: murder, rape, felony child abuse, stalking, domestic violence, kidnapping, [...]

In 2011, a California appellate court in Kelley v. The Conco Cos, 196 Cal. App. 4th 191 (2011), called into question whether proof of sexual desire was a required element to substantiate a sexual harassment claim. The stated purpose of Senate Bill 292 is to overturn the Court’s decision in Kelley.

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In United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., 693 F.3d 605 (2012), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that certain supplemental unemployment compensation benefit (SUB) commonly referred to as severance payments are not [...]