California employers of all sizes have a bit less than a year to prepare for a new law to take effect that requires them to provide paid sick leave to employees.
The "Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014" had been bandied about by Golden State politicians and finally got Gov. Jerry Brown's signature Sept. 10.
California now becomes the second state, after Connecticut, to require that employers provide workers with paid sick leave. However, California's law is more sweeping, in that it extends the requirement to all employers, regardless of number of employees. The Connecticut law kicks in at 50 workers.
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