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Employers Must Provide Employees with Notices Regarding Immigration-Related Rights
Employers Must Provide Employees with Notices Regarding Immigration-Related Rights

On February 1, 2026, California employers will be required to provide each employee with written notices that inform the employee of his or her workplace rights, labor protections, and immigration-related rights. The new law places several additional obligations on the employers that all employers should become familiar with. Failure to comply with the requirements of the new law can be financially prohibitive for businesses because penalties increase exponentially per employee. For larger employers, the penalties alone could be ruinous.

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Business Owners, Employee, Employers, EmploymentKathleenIllegal Immigrant, immigration crackdown, immigration rights, Labor Commissioner, Labor Code, California Labor Comissioner
California Employers Beware: Potential New Law Gives Employees the “Right to Disconnect.”
California Employers Beware: Potential New Law Gives Employees the “Right to Disconnect.”

If you think California has been making it harder and harder for employers to operate in the state, you may have one more draconian law to deal with soon. California is proposing a new law which gives employees the right to disconnect from all communications from their employer during their non-working hours. The only exception where an employer can contact employees during their non-working hours is during an emergency or an immediate scheduling issue. If you run a business, you know that many unforeseen events and many questions arise during the course of a business day - some of which can be solved with one simple phone call or text. This potential new law does not create clear boundaries. Instead, it creates many more questions that have been left unanswered. It also fails to take into account the practical way in which businesses are run, how issues are resolved, and the situations in which employees have a chance to even work overtime hours.

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Employers, Employment, Minimum Wage, RestaurantsKathleenright to disconnect\, after hours communication, nonworking hours communication, Labor Commissioner