New California workplace laws for 2021 tackle COVID outbreaks, family leave, gender pay gap
California workers and businesses have a new slate of laws to become familiar with the start of the new year.
Cal/OSHA now has the ability to shut down a workplace if it exposes workers to an “imminent hazard” related to COVID-19. Workers in smaller companies have access to job-protected family leave. Workers have more time to file a labor complaint to the state. Companies by March will have to provide information to the state about how much they are paying their workers.
Here’s what to know about those laws and more:
Workplace protection against COVID exposure
Cal/OSHA in November passed emergency rules aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus at workplaces. A new law gives more teeth to those rules, allowing Cal/OSHA to issue an order shutting down a worksite that exposes workers to an “imminent hazard” related to COVID-19.
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