California Employers See Wave of New Workplace Laws

In recent interviews with Bloomberg Law, Business Insurance and Law360, Ben Ebbink breaks down the details employers need to know about new workplace laws on worker classification, workers’ compensation, COVID-19 and family leave. Of the many bills that have been recently signed into law, Ebbink explains that employers need to pay attention to AB 685, a bill that requires employers to notify workers within one day if an employee tests positive for COVID-19, and SB 1159, a bill that establishes a workers’ compensation presumption that will apply to most employers in the state that have a COVID-19 “outbreak” through 2022.

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