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Employee Benefits ...................................................................................................... 329 8.1 Domestic Partners ............................................................................................................................ 329 8.2 Required Coverage .......................................................................................................................... 330 8.3 Cal-COBRA ...................................................................................................................................... 332 8.4 Mandatory Employer-Funded Health Care ...................................................................................... 332 8.5 Explanation Of Benefits .................................................................................................................... 334 8.6 CalSavers Retirement Savings Program.......................................................................................... 335 8.7 Large Group Health Insurance ......................................................................................................... 336 8.8 Reproductive Health Rights.............................................................................................................. 336 8.9 Commuter Benefits........................................................................................................................... 336 9. Special Posting, Distribution, and Notice Requirements......................................... 341 9.1 Posting Requirements ...................................................................................................................... 341 9.2 Distribution Requirements ................................................................................................................ 344 10. Employee Access to Personnel Records .................................................................. 349 10.1 Personnel Records ........................................................................................................................... 349 10.2 Signed Employee Instruments ......................................................................................................... 349 10.3 Shopping Investigator’s Report ........................................................................................................ 350 10.4 Payroll Records ................................................................................................................................ 350 11. Employer Retention of Records ................................................................................. 352 12. Covenants Not to Compete ........................................................................................ 355 12.1 General Prohibition........................................................................................................................... 355 12.2 Implications for Wrongful Termination.............................................................................................. 358 12.3 “No Rehire” Clauses ......................................................................................................................... 359 12.4 Permissible Contractual Restrictions................................................................................................ 360 12.5 Protection of Trade Secrets.............................................................................................................. 361 12.6 Preventing Data Theft with the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act? ................................................... 363 12.7 California Penal Code Section 502: An Alternative to the CFAA ..................................................... 363 13. Procedural Quirks Regarding Termination of Employment and PostTermination .................................................................................................................. 369 13.1 Cal-WARN Act .................................................................................................................................. 369 13.2 Notices Required .............................................................................................................................. 371 13.3 Final Pay Checks.............................................................................................................................. 372 13.4 Separation Agreements.................................................................................................................... 373 13.5 Worker Retention Laws .................................................................................................................... 375 14. Health and Safety Law ................................................................................................ 379 14.1 Injury and Illness Prevention Program ............................................................................................. 379 14.2 “Be a Manager, Go to Jail” Act ......................................................................................................... 379 14.3 Proposition 65................................................................................................................................... 379
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