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California has recently enacted several new laws that will impact employer compliance obligations over the next several months. These changes ...
by Leah Nguyen•December 2, 2025
Recently, California Governor Newsom signed several bills into law that will impact employer compliance obligations regarding paid sick leave, pay ...
by Séamus McGuire•November 6, 2025
On September 29, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom approved Assembly Bill 2843 (AB 2843), which requires fully insured group health plans to provide comprehensive ...
by Leah Nguyen•April 22, 2025
Paid Sick Leave laws enable covered employees to take paid time off to obtain medical care for themselves or a ...
by Allison McCullick•December 11, 2024
On September 27, 2024, two new bills were signed into law that will have an impact on California health care service plans ...
by Tina Read•November 6, 2024
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by Emerald Law•November 5, 2024
Beginning on or after January 1, 2025, under California Assembly Bill 1048 (AB 1048), dental carriers that are regulated by California’s Department of ...
by Tina Read•October 18, 2024
On September 20th 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill No. 553 (SB 553), which requires California employers to establish, implement, and maintain ...
by Melanie Lindberg•April 23, 2024![[Updated] California Proposes State-Wide Long Term Care Insurance Program](https://www.sequoia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/compliance_ca_longtermcare.jpg)
In October 2019, California enacted Assembly Bill 567 (AB 567) after research on public opinion indicated Californians are concerned about the costs of ...
by Tina Barile•January 19, 2024
On October 11th, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 848 into law, which requires employers with 5 or more employees to provide ...
by Allison McCullick•January 10, 2024
Employers are required to provide sick leave programs based on the states in which they have employees. On October 4, 2023, California ...
by Allison McCullick•January 5, 2024
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HTby Hailey Trippany •November 27, 2023

In 2018, California’s State Disability Insurance (SDI) and Paid Family Leave (PFL) benefits were temporarily enhanced to increase wage replacement ...
by Tina Barile•April 21, 2023
As previously discussed, the beginning of 2023 brings significant pay disclosure requirements in California and Washington state. Both states recently issued ...
by Emerald Law•January 9, 2023![[Updated] 5 Things You Should Know About California’s Retirement Plan Mandate](https://www.sequoia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/compliance_calsavers_ca5.jpg)
California small businesses or nonprofits with at least five employees must now offer a retirement plan to all adult employees, ...
by Jenny Kiesewetter•September 2, 2022![[Updated] California Approves Cal-OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Standards](https://www.sequoia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Compliance_Cali-OSHA.jpg)
On November 19, 2020, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board approved emergency temporary COVID-19 standards (“emergency standards”) for health and ...
LRby Lizet Ramirez•May 17, 2022

On February 9, 2022, California (CA) Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 114 which revives and expands the state’s COVID-19 supplemental paid ...
by Lizet Ramirez•February 16, 2022![[Updated] California Department of Fair Employment and Housing Issues Guidance on Employer Pay Data Reporting](https://www.sequoia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Compliance-blog-on-CA-Pay-Data-Reporting_2.jpg)
On November 23, 2020, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) released guidance in the form of Frequently Asked Questions (“...
LRby Lizet Ramirez•February 9, 2022

On December 16, 2021, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (“Cal-OSHA”) formally readopted and expanded the state’s existing COVID-19 ...
by Lizet Ramirez•December 22, 2021
Governor Gavin Newsom signed numerous employment-related bills during the 2021 legislative session. This article provides an overview of key changes taking ...
by Lizet Ramirez•December 9, 2021![[Updated] California Re-Enacts and Broadens COVID-19 Supplemental Sick Leave in 2021](https://www.sequoia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/HRX-Sequoia-CaliforniaCovid-A-1800x640-1.jpg)
On March 19, 2021, California (CA) governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 95 which revives and expands the state’s COVID-19 supplemental paid ...
LRby Lizet Ramirez•October 4, 2021
![[Updated] Expansion of State/Local Sick Leave in Response to COVID-19](https://www.sequoia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COmpliance-coronavirus-SIckleave-80.jpg)
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LRby Lizet Ramirez•August 16, 2021

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) has released a new free interactive app to assist California employees ...
LRby Lizet Ramirez•April 28, 2021

California (CA) employers subject to federal EEO-1 reporting who have at least one California-based employee must report pay and hours-worked ...
LRby Lizet Ramirez•March 25, 2021
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