CA Paid Sick Leave Law Update: Labor Commissioner Issues Poster and Wage Theft Notice Templates and Sets Leave Accrual Date

Just over a month before the January 1, 2015 effective date of AB 1522, the Labor Commissioner has issued two advisories of immediate interest to California employers.  One is a template poster for employer compliance and the other is a revised Wage Theft Notice.  

 

Employers may choose to use the template poster, or create their own, but must display a poster containing the information specified in new Labor Code section 247 in a conspicuous place in each workplace.  Some employers may be interested in preparing their own posters: those employers that have their own policies which are more generous than the new law requires; and those employers that provide employees with a “lump sum grant” of leave rather than following the accrual method.  An employer preparing its own poster will want it to contain the Section 247 requirements but also accurately describe the employer’s own practice.

 

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