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California Drastically Alters Obligations under the California Family Rights Act

By Meagan Bainbridge on Posted in FMLA and Other Leaves of Absence, Labor Law, New Legislation and Regulations

On Thursday, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1383, dramatically expanding the California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”), and the obligations it places on employers to provide leave to eligible employees. As a reminder, the CFRA is California’s leave statute, which authorizes eligible employees to take up a total of 12 weeks of unpaid job-protected leave during a… Continue Reading

California Legislature Moves Closer to Expanding the Family Rights Act

By Scott Plamondon on Posted in FMLA and Other Leaves of Absence, New Legislation and Regulations, Wage & Hour

On June 24, 2015 California’s Senate Bill 406 was passed by the Senate and has been sent to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations.  If passed this bill would implement changes to the California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”).   Under the current law, employees may take up to 12 weeks of protected leave during any 12-month period… Continue Reading

FMLA Win for Employers – Employees Can Affirmatively Decline FMLA Leave & Thus FMLA Protections

By Beth V. West on Posted in FMLA and Other Leaves of Absence, Labor Law

On February 25, 2014, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Escriba v. Foster Poultry Farms, Inc., holding that employees who affirmatively decline to take FMLA leave do not have the protections of FMLA.  Maria Escriba worked in a Foster Poultry Farms, Inc. (Foster Farms) processing plant in Turlock, California for 18… Continue Reading

Second Appellate District Holds that Employers do not Fulfill FEHA Obligations by Providing the Statutory Four-Month PDL Leave to Employees with Pregnancy-Related Disabilities

By Ramona Carrillo on Posted in FMLA and Other Leaves of Absence

By:  James L. Brannen In Sanchez v. Swissport, Inc. (2013) 2013 Cal. App. Lexis 131, the Second Appellate District of California, for the first time, has addressed whether an employer who provides the full amount of leave allotted by the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) and Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL) to a pregnant employee with… Continue Reading