Alerts9.24.20
California Requires Employers to Notify Workers Regarding COVID-19 Exposure, Expands Other Protections
Highlights
A pair of new California laws add COVID-19 reporting obligations for employers and expand workers’ compensation presumptions
AB 685 makes certain COVID-19 outbreaks reportable to CAL-OSHA
SB 1159 codifies and refines the earlier presumption of workers’ compensation coverage for covered employees who contract COVID-19
In another move to combat the impact of COVID-19 on businesses, effective Sept. 17, 2020, California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills expanding employee protections related to COVID-19.
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