On October 4, 2023, Governor Newsom approved a new law, SB 616, that increases the amount of paid sick leave that nearly every employer in California must offer to employees. Here are five key issues California employers need to understand about the new law and to comply with its requirements:
1. New requirements under
On February 9, 2022, Governor Newsom signed a new law requiring employers to provide supplemental COVID-19 paid sick leave in 2022. The law, SB 114, was passed quickly by the legislature and signed by the Governor. Unlike the supplemental paid sick leave law passed in 2021, there are no offsetting tax credits for employers
As employees are just beginning to return to work, or employers are making plans to reopen pursuant to California’s “Blueprint for a Safer Economy,” it is a good time to review the various paid sick leave laws that were implemented during the COVID-19 epidemic, as well as the paid sick leave laws that were already