California
Berkeley employers with fewer than 25 employees should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of sick leave using the lump sum method and to show their compliance with the Berkeley Paid Sick Leave Ordinance. This policy also covers the California Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act. It is intended to address compliance with both state and local law.
Updated title, threshold, statement and guidance to address compliance with the state sick leave law.
Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments to the state paid sick leave law that broaden qualifying reasons for leave, effective January 1, 2025.
Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments to the state paid sick leave law that broaden qualifying reasons for leave, effective January 1, 2025.
Updated title and threshold to reflect the state paid sick leave accrual cap, and updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments to the state paid sick leave law that broaden qualifying reasons for leave, effective January 1, 2025.
Updated to reflect law restricting driver's license requirements for job applicants, effective January 1, 2025.
Updated to reflect laws prohibiting intersectional discrimination, amending the definition of hairstyle discrimination, allowing for local enforcement of employment discrimination laws, and amending protections for victims of crime and violence, all effective January 1, 2025.
Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments to the state paid sick leave law that broaden qualifying reasons for leave, effective January 1, 2025.
Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments to the state paid sick leave law that broaden qualifying reasons for leave, effective January 1, 2025.
Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments to the state paid sick leave law that broaden qualifying reasons for leave, effective January 1, 2025.