Category: Local Ordinances
Santa Rosa Latest to Extend COVID-19-Related Paid Sick Leave
On February 2, 2021, Santa Rosa’s City Council adopted a newly revised local urgency ordinance, replacing the initial ordinance that was in place July 7,…
LA County, Sonoma County Revise, Extend COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Ordinances
On January 26, 2021, both Los Angeles County and Sonoma County revised and extended their COVID-19 paid sick leave ordinances. Los Angeles County’s urgency ordinance…
Oakland Extends Emergency COVID-19-Related Paid Sick Leave Ordinance
On January 19, 2021, Oakland’s City Council approved an emergency ordinance extending the city’s emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) ordinance through the duration of Oakland’s…
San Jose Revises, Extends COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Ordinance
On January 5, 2021, San Jose’s City Council approved an urgency ordinance extending the city’s supplemental COVID-19 paid sick leave to June 30, 2021. Passed…
New Minimum Wage Ordinances, Increases Coming January 1
In addition to the slew of new laws that employers must prepare for (and some of which are already in effect), employers shouldn’t lose sight…
Sacramento County’s New COVID-19-Related Ordinance
On September 1, 2020, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance called the “Sacramento County Worker Protection, Health, and Safety Act of 2020,”…
City of San Diego Passes Recall, Retention Ordinances
On September 8, 2020, San Diego’s City Council passed three emergency ordinances to protect workers impacted by COVID-19. The recall and retention ordinances require commercial…
San Francisco Passes COVID-19-Related Employment Protections Ordinance
On September 1, 2020, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an emergency ordinance to temporarily protect workers and job applicants from adverse action…
Sonoma County Adopts COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Ordinance
On August 18, 2020, Sonoma County became the tenth locality to enact an emergency supplemental COVID-19-related paid sick leave ordinance, which sets forth paid sick…
California Counties Ramp Up COVID-19 Health Orders Enforcement
As COVID-19 cases surged and California “re-dimmed,” the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) began stepping up COVID-19 health orders enforcement using a task…
