On Oct. 11, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law allowing for up to five days of time off work for reproductive-related losses. Senate Bill 848 makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to grant an eligible employee's request to take up to five days of unpaid leave following a reproductive loss event.
California Establishes New Leave for Reproductive Loss
Littler via SHRM | Oct 2023
Effective date: 1/1/24
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Private employers in California with five or more employees and all public employers in the state must provide employees with leave for reproductive-related loss under a new law that took effect this year. SB 848 expands bereavement leave, allows employees to take up to five days of protected leave following a reproductive loss event, and protects employees from termination, discrimination, and retaliation for exercising those rights.
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Employers with 5 or more employees are required to provide the leave. In order to be entitled to the leave, employees must have been employed for at least 30 days prior to the commencement of the leave.
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Jackson Lewis | Oct 2023
The term "reproductive loss event" is defined to mean a failed adoption, failed surrogacy, miscarriage, stillbirth, or unsuccessful assisted reproduction. If the employee would have been recognized as a parent if the forementioned events were successful, the employee will be covered under this definition.
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Payment or nonpayment for the reproductive loss leave should follow any existing leave policies of the employer. In instances where an employer does not have an existing leave policy, all five days may be unpaid. An employee may use, in addition to the reproductive loss leave, any vacation, personal leave, accrued and available sick leave, or compensatory time off that is available to the employee.
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Loeb | Oct 2023
Employers will want to review their handbooks and other policies concerning the eligibility and use of leave to ensure compliance with the new law. Supervisors and HR may benefit from training about the types of losses that trigger the entitlement to leave, the use of such leave, the need to maintain confidentiality, and the prohibition against retaliation.
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Munck | Oct 2023
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