Here’s what California employers need to know about new laws taking effect in 2022. The new year brings higher minimum wages, increased workplace safety and expanded family leave. Gary Daigneault has the laws affecting employers…
As of Jan. 1, California’s minimum wage will increase to $15 per hour or $14 per hour, depending on the number of workers at a given business.
Assembly Bill 1066, changes overtime rules for agricultural field workers. Employers with 26 or more workers will be required to pay overtime after over eight hours a day, double-time after 12 hours per workday.
SB 639: The minimum wage requirement for disabled workers also will change on Jan. 1 with no special licenses granted to companies receiving those concessions to pay less.
SB 606: On the workplace safety front, a new law going will affect companies with multiple locations. Cal/OSHA can cite companies for violations that occur at one location but apply it all of a company’s locations
Assembly Bill 1033: Includes caring for a worker’s parents-in-law in addition to their own parents to the list of eligible reasons to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave.
Assembly Bill 1003: Makes the intentional theft of wages, including gratuities, benefits or compensation punishable as grand theft. Independent contractors also are considered employees.
