Starting New Yr’s Day 2024, employers are required to provide all non-exempt new hires working in California a brand new type of Wage Theft Prevention Act Discover containing new data. Employers should inform staff within the new Discover (1) of the elevated quantity of California paid sick go away to which staff are entitled as of 2024 and (2) whether or not staff are working in a county that’s topic to a federal or state emergency or catastrophe declaration.
The brand new Discover type printed by the California Division of Industrial Relations (DIR) is right here.
As for data regarding emergency or catastrophe declarations, employers should determine within the new Discover any declaration issued throughout the 30 days previous the brand new rent’s first day on the job that’s relevant to the county(ies) during which the worker will work and that issues the worker’s well being and security. The DIR has not but issued steering telling us the kinds of disasters or emergencies lined by the brand new requirement. Till the DIR offers opposite steering, employers ought to take into account the Discover to embody declarations regarding illness outbreaks, earthquakes, fires, floods, and chemical spills amongst different potential occasions.
Efficient January 1, 2024, full time staff working in California should be given a minimal of 5 days (40 hours) of paid sick go away, which is up from three days (24 hours) in 2023. We clarify the latest amendments to the California Paid Sick Go away Legislation right here.
The Wage Theft Prevention Act discover necessities in impact earlier than January 1, 2024 stay in impact. For instance, employers should give the Discover to non-exempt staff on the time of hiring and inside seven days of any data required to be set out within the Discover altering. Employers are topic to the requirement to provide the Discover, whatever the measurement of the employer. The Discover should be written within the language the employer usually offers the worker employment-related data. For the brand new Discover type written in languages apart from English, preserve a watch for the DIR posting them right here.
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