Employment laws can change at any time, and both California and federal laws require you to keep notices current. In fact, your business could incur significant fines for not posting the most current California and federal notices. Mandatory midyear changes to required notices are not unusual in California.

For as little as $16 more, select a 2020 all-in-one California and Federal Labor Law poster with Poster Protect coverage. If a mandatory change happens during 2020, you automatically receive a replacement poster at no additional cost.

If a Poster Protect event occurs after October 1 of a calendar year, you'll receive an email with a PDF of the updated notice.

Poster Protect only covers mandatory changes to the all-in-one California and Federal Labor Law poster and not to custom poster versions. Coverage is not available for the federal-only poster, California city and county labor law posters, California wage order posters, or labor law posters for states outside of California.

Poster

Mandatory Changes for January 1, 2020

• California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) made mandatory updates to its “California Law Prohibits Workplace Discrimination and Harassment” notice to include information from the newly enacted Crown Act effective January 1, 2020.
• Mandatory updates to the Transgender Rights in the Workplace notice include expanded definitions of employee rights pertaining to bathrooms, showers and locker rooms.
• On January 1, 2020, the minimum wage increases to $12.00/hour for employers with 25 or fewer employees and $13.00/hour for employers with 26 or more employees.

Recent Mandatory Changes Also Included

• Mandatory updates to the Pregnancy Disability Leave notice dated December 2019 added language pertaining to the New Parent Leave Act (NPLA).
• Mandatory updates to the CFRA notice (now called the Family Care and Medical Leave and Pregnancy Disability Leave notice) dated December 2019 include updated contact information. In March 2019, information about the NPLA was added that required a new posting requirement for California employers covered by the NPLA (20 to 49 employees) and an updated posting requirement for those covered by CFRA (50 or more employees).
• In August 2019, mandatory address changes were made to the Cal/OSHA notice.

Pamphlets

Mandatory Changes for January 1, 2020

• Mandatory updates to the Paid Family Leave pamphlet include updates to the benefit application process, and added language that "Citizenship and immigration status do not affect eligibility." The maximum duration of PFL benefits will change from six weeks to eight weeks starting July 1, 2020.
• Mandatory updates to the Unemployment Insurance pamphlet pertain to benefit eligibility, benefit payments using the EDD Debit Card, as well as program updates.
• Mandatory updates to the Sexual Harassment pamphlet extend deadlines for complaints and mandatory training.
• The Kit also includes mandatory updates to the State Disability Insurance pamphlet dated March 2019.