Cal-Peculiarities: How California Employment Law is Different 2022 Edition

ii | 2022 Cal-Peculiarities ©2022 Seyfarth Shaw LLP  www.seyfarth.com Authors’ Note At annual intervals throughout this century, we’ve cataloged how California law deviates from prevailing American labor and employment law. The result—this steadily growing volume—summarizes the legislative, judicial, and regulatory developments that have made California a uniquely challenging environment for private employers. (We do not address special challenges facing public employers or government contractors.) We highlight these California peculiarities to help corporate counsel and human resources professionals avoid legal pitfalls, without treating what is provided here as the final word (a point emphasized in the disclaimer that follows). This 2022 edition contains contributions from many Seyfarth lawyers—all members or friends of our California Workplace Solutions Group: Michael Afar, Mahsa Aliaskari, Ashley Arnett, Brian Ashe, Nicole Baarts, Jeff Berman, Candace Bertoldi, Holger Besch, Bailey Bifoss, Dan Birnbaum, Jonathan Brophy, Bob Buch, Debbie Caplan, Veronica Castillo, Claire Chang, Frances Choi, Peter Choi, Andrew Cohen, Kelly Cohen, Flavia Costea, Caitlyn Crisp, Chris Crosman, Justin Curley, Catherine Dacre, Pamela Devata, Michelle DuCharme, Phillip Ebsworth, Chantelle Egan, Steven Erkel, Angelina Evans, Cathy Feldman, Sage Fishelman, Lindsay Fitch, Kerry Friedrichs, Nick Geannacopulos, Matthew Graffigna, Mark Grajski, Joseph Hadacek, Ari Hersher, Gaye Hertan, Laura Heyne, Eric Hill, Timothy Hix, Charlotte Hodde, Timothy Hoppe, Heather Horn, Dana Howells, Francesca Hunter, Justin Jackson, David Jacobson, Patrick Joyce, Seong Kim, Kelly Koelker, Jessica Koenig, Michael Kopp, Kristina Launey, Paul Leaf, Patty Lee, Elizabeth Levy, Leo Li, Sierra Chin Liu, Eric Lloyd, Brian Long, Aaron Lubeley, Tiffany Tran Madison, Laura Maechtlen, Elizabeth MacGregor, Scott Mallery, Eric May, Amanda Mazin, Ryan McCoy, Andrew McNaught, Jon Meer, Chelsea Mesa, Robert Milligan, Kamran Mirrafati, Jennifer Mora, Ilana Morady, Yoon-Woo Nam, Jennifer Nunez, Meagan O’Dell, Lori O’Hara, Bernard Olshansky, Scott Page, Andrew Paley, Angelo Paparelli, Romtin Parvaresh, Beth Pelliconi, Sofya Perelshtyn, Kristen Peters, Dana Peterson, Jamie Pollaci, Jill Porcaro, Tom Posey, Miguel Ramirez, Isabella Reyes, Jamie Rich, Josh Rodine, David Rosenberg, Christian Rowley, Timothy Rusche, Joshua Salinas, Jeanine Scalero, Emily Schroeder, Lauren Schwartz, Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, Kiran Seldon, Laura Shelby, Joan Smiles, Eric Suits, Nolan Theurer, Coby Turner, Annette Tyman, Parnian Vafaeenia, Pamela Vartabedian, Jonathan Tomaszewski, Ryan Tzeng, Myra Villamor, Nick Waddles, Michael Wahlander, Elisabeth Watson, Geoffrey Westbrook, Shireen Wetmore, Daniel Whang, Mason Winters, Jeff Wortman, John Yslas, Michelle Zakarian, and Ann Marie Zaletel. We especially note the formidable contributions of Dana Howells and Elizabeth Levy, which included imposing some order on the chaos that is California’s bewildering welter of local sick pay laws. To keep up with the latest peculiarities of California employment law, please subscribe to Seyfarth’s award- winning California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog : www.calpeculiarities.com/subscribe. Important Disclaimer We’ve been representative, not exhaustive, in cataloging California peculiarities. This book is general commentary, not legal advice. We disclaim liability as to anything done or omitted in reliance on this publication. Readers should refrain from acting on any discussion without obtaining specific advice applying current law to particular circumstances. (From A Declaration of Principles adopted by a Committee of the American Bar Association and a Committee of Publishers and Associations.) Legal Notice Copyright © 2022. All rights reserved. Apart from fair use for private study or research permitted under copyright, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted without written permission of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.