California Employers Must Prepare for CFRA Leave Expansion
Mark Payne, a partner in Troutman Pepper's Labor and Employment Practice Group, was quoted in the October 26, 2020 SHRM article, " California Employers Must Prepare for CFRA Leave Expansion."
Training on the expanded coverage is essential. "All employers should train their staff to properly administer and manage leaves of absence, keeping in mind that disputes involving leaves of absence are one of the most common sources of employment lawsuits," said Mark Payne, an attorney with Troutman Pepper in Orange County.
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Now that CFRA will require employers to provide time off for employees to care for a wider group of family members, CFRA leave will not always run concurrently with FMLA leave. So employees may be eligible to take as much as 24 weeks off under CFRA and the FMLA, Payne noted.
All employers—large and small—will need to ensure that their employment policies and notices to employees are updated to include and address the new qualifying reasons for time off, Payne said. Employers also will need to obtain and display a new poster that includes the updates.