Joan Dzuro, SPHR

Joan Dzuro, SPHR
Joan Dzuro, Owner/CEO

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

2012 California New Employment Laws

AB 1236: Prohibits the State or political subdivision from requiring an employer to use the federal E-Verify, except when required by federal law.

AB 469: Adds new penalties for employers who violate wage laws. There are also new notice and document retention rules within the new legislation.

SB 459: Prohbits the willful misclassification of an employee as an independent contractor.

AB 887: Adds gender identiy and gender expression to the EEO areas of protected class.

SB 559: Prohibits discrimination based on genetic testing results.

SB 299: Extends company sponsored insurance premiums to the full length of pregnancy disability leave, not just the 12 weeks covered under FMLA.

AB 22: Prohibits employers from getting credit reports on candidates unless the workers being sought will work in a statuorily enumrated position.

NLRB: Don't forget that the new NLRB poster must be posted on your employer bulletin boards by January 31st.

Please contact our office for assistance with any of these new regulations.

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