The new year is bringing many new laws for Californias workplace. Here’s a list of new laws taking effect on Jan. 1, 2024 and beyond.
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California’s minimum wage will increase to $16 an hour on January 1, 2024. The increase is triggered by a 2016 law that tied minimum wage increases to inflation.
AB 1228: Increases the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 an hour starting in April. It also establishes a fast-food council that will operate for five years and determine future wage increases and working conditions.
SB 525: Raises the minimum wage of health care workers to $23 an hour by June of 2024. The law applies to nursing assistants, medical technicians and janitorial workers. The minimum wage would increase by $1 each of the next two years until the base wage reaches $25 an hour.
SB 616: Increases sick time benefits for all full and part-time California workers from three days to a minimum of five paid sick days a year. Both hourly and salaried employees qualify.
SB 848: Requires employers to provide five days of leave to an employee who suffers a reproductive loss such as a failed adoption, miscarriage, stillbirth, unsuccessful embryo transfer or artificial insemination.
AB 783: Requires businesses to put signage on single-user restrooms that indicates the toilet facility is available to all genders.
AB 1136: Sets up a retirement fund for mixed-martial arts fighters in California. Any MMA fighters who have fought in at least 39 rounds in the state will be eligible for retirement benefits starting at the age of 50.
AB 1740: Requires child care facilities and other businesses providing pediatric care to post information about human trafficking and slavery. The information must include resources available to people forced into work.
AB 2188: Makes it illegal for an employer to discriminate or penalize an employee based on the person’s use of cannabis off the job and away from the workplace. A similar law, SB 700, makes it illegal for an employer to ask a job applicant if they’ve used cannabis.
SB 497: Prohibits employers from retaliating against workers who complain about their wages, discuss wages with colleagues or inquire about another worker’s wages.
SB 699: Expands the prohibition of non-compete contracts in California by making them unenforceable by the employer. This applies even for agreements signed in another state. A similar law, AB 1076, requires employers to notify employees hired after January 1, 2022 that their non-compete clauses are void.
New California laws taking effect in 2024: Consumer, Internet and Social Media, Entertainment
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