San Francisco, California requires that employers must post the Minimum Wage Poster at each workplace or jobsite as of July 1, 2016.

To download the poster, click here. 

California has amended Section 6404.5 of its Labor Code to expand its prohibition on the smoking of tobacco products in a place of employment.  In addition to bringing owner-operated businesses into the gambit of environments in which smoking is prohibited, the law eliminates most of the exemptions that permitted smoking in certain work environments, such as hotel lobbies, bars and taverns, banquet rooms, warehouse facilities, and employee break rooms.

California has expanded its paid family leave program to provide greater benefits. 

In an unprecedented opinion, a California Court of Appeal has held that an employer has a duty to reasonably accommodate an applicant or employee who is associated with a disabled person who needs the employee’s assistance. 

Governor Brown signed SB 3 into law raising the state minimum wage to $15.00 per hour by 2022.  California’s minimum wage currently is $10.00 per hour.  The new law also amends the existing paid sick leave law to provide paid sick leave to in-home supportive services employees beginning July 1, 2018.  The sick leave entitlement will provide up to one day of leave per year and increase over time to three days per year.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has approved an ordinance requiring employers to provide employees with up to 6 weeks of fully paid parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child. 

New California regulations, effective April 1, 2016, declare that employers have an affirmative duty to create a workplace environment that is free from employment practices prohibited by the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and that employers have an affirmative duty to take reasonable steps to prevent and promptly correct discriminatory and harassing conduct.

On July 1, 2016, subject to certain exemptions and deferrals, many Los Angeles employers will be required to pay an increased minimum wage.