California Workplace & Employment Law Blog

California’s new workplace violence prevention standards took effect on July 1, 2024.

As a result, California employers have a number of new legal obligations, including developing and implementing a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan; training employees on the Plan; identifying, evaluating and correcting workplace violence hazards; and various recordkeeping requirements.

State and federal law requires California employers to provide the following new hire documents to their employees at the time of hire. These forms have been updated from time to time, including for 2024.

The current list of required notices (with links to find the most up-to-date versions) are as follows:

Governor Newsom has signed into law SB 616, increasing the number of paid sick days that California employers will be required to provide their employees starting next year.