Sacramento Partner Discusses New Workplace-related Bills Up for Consideration During California’s 2022 Legislative Session

Ben Ebbink was interviewed by the LA Daily Journal about a “raft of new bills” proposed in California related to discrimination, work leave, information disclosure, and COVID-19.  

“Friday [Feb. 18] was the deadline to introduce bills,” he said. “That’s why we saw a bunch the last couple of days of last week. There’s a ton of spot bills too – we could have a ton of significant proposals put into those.” 

Ben said that employers are closely tracking measures related to the pandemic ahead of the 2022 legislative session, particularly AB 2993, a vaccine mandate for large employers, and AB 2693, a bill that would extend employers’ duty to notify workers about COVID exposure for two years.  

“I do think there are some employers who have decided to mandate vaccines who would enjoy the cover of it being a mandate from the government, because that kind of protects them from employees who are upset that they made the decision,” he said.  

Read the full article in the LA Daily Journal (subscription required).