Compliance Alert: The California Workplace – Know Your Rights Act (SB294), effective 1/1/2026 requires a new notice be distributed to every employee on or before February 1, annually and to new employees upon hire.
The California Workplace – Know Your Rights Act (SB294) requires a new notice be distributed to every employee on or before February 1, annually. The pamphlet contains information about several topics including workers’ compensation, immigration protections, the right to engage in concerted activity, and constitutional rights when interacting with law enforcement.
You may provide the notice to your employees by personal service or digitally (email or text message) if it can reasonably be anticipated that the employee will receive it within one business day of sending.
You must keep records of notice delivery for three years, including the date each written notice was sent.
California law requires you to provide the notice in the language you normally use to communicate employment-related information to your employees if the Labor Commissioner has published a template in that language. If the template is not available in that language, the notice may be provided in English.
When distributing these pamphlets, you’ll want to make sure you have the most current versions.
Remember, not informing employees of their rights in the workplace can result in lawsuits and fines.
