Usually, the busiest time of the year revolves around new laws taking effect on January 1. But over the last few years, a trend has emerged in which several labor and employment law developments occur throughout the year — and 2024 is no exception.
In fact, this year, not only are laws taking effect mid-year, but we also have new regulations, local ordinance updates and court cases — all of which are keeping employers quite busy.
Thankfully, one of CalChamber’s employment law experts drafted Your 2024 Midyear Employment Law Update, a free white paper that covers employment law developments in 2024 as of July 8, 2024, including:
- Minimum wage updates for the fast food industry, the health care industry and local minimum wage ordinances;
- Details about the recently signed Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) legislation, which reforms PAGA to now include the possibility for significant reduction in penalties if employers have taken all reasonable steps to be in compliance.
- The significant workplace violence prevention standards for general industry that took effect July 1, 2024;
- The new indoor heat illness prevention standard that, at the time of publication, was with the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) review but has since passed and taken effect;
- The federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that took effect on July 18, 2024; and
- Various court cases and agency decisions.
CalChamber members can download Your 2024 Midyear Employment Law Update white paper from the HR Library; nonmembers can download it here.
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