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SMALL BUSINESS STATS
• 65% of small business have generated
new jobs since 1995!
• 50% of working population, works in
small business !
Source: Forbes Small Business
Stats http://b4j.co/smallbizstat!
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• Required in California for companies
with 50+ employees!
• Mandatory for supervisory employees!
– Within 6 months of hire or promotion!
– Every two years!
• Tracking methods!
– Individual!
– Training year!
HARASSMENT TRAINING
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LEAVE LAWS
• California Family Rights Act (CFRA)!
– Generally runs concurrently with FMLA!
– All FMLA coverage plus bonding with a child!
– Eligibility!
• Employers with 50+ employees!
• Employed at least 12 months at the company!
• Worked at least 1,250 in preceding 12-month
period!
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LEAVE LAWS
• Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL)!
– All CA employers with 5+ employees!
– Employees eligible from day one!
– Up to 4 months of leave!
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IN CONTRAST TO FMLA
• 50 or more employees!
• 1,250 hours worked!
• Office within 50 mile radius !
• 12 weeks unpaid time with job protection!
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FEDERAL LAW & PREGNANCY
• Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1973!
• Americans with Disabilities Act!
• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964!
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) !
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LEAVE LAWS
• CA Paid Programs!
– State Disability Insurance (SDI)!
– Paid Family Leave (PFL)!
– Paid sick leave (San Francisco)!
• Check the Employment Development
Department’s website for forms:
http://www.edd.ca.gov !
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ALTERNATIVE WORKWEEKS
• Schedule requires an employee to work
8+ hours in a 24-hour period w/o overtime!
• Secret ballot election of at least 2/3 of
affected employee!
• Dept. of Industrial Relations:
http://www.dir.ca.gov/t8/11170.html !
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MEAL BREAKS
• What is a meal break in California?!
– Relieved of all duty!
– Taken within first 5 hours of shift!
– At least 30 minutes long!
– May be waived by mutual consent of employer &
employee!
– Second meal break after 10 hours!
• Brinker decision in California (April 2012)!
• Dept. of Labor Standards Enforcement:
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/
faq_mealperiods.htm !
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CALIFORNIA FORMS
• Wage notice!
– Wage Theft Protection Act (went into effect
1/1/12)!
– http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/
Governor_signs_Wage_Theft_Protection_Act
_of_2011.html!
• Request to view personnel file!
– No later than 21 days from date of request!
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SOCIAL MEDIA
• Policy in your handbook!
• Be careful about disciplining employees
for what could be seen as protected
activity!
Great
resources:
Blogging4Jobs
NLRB
Updates
h;p://b4j.co/nlrb-‐social-‐media
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CALIFORNIA HR RESOURCES
• California Chamber of Commerce!
• Local Chambers of Commerce!
• Society for Human Resource Management!
• Employer Advisory Council!