California Resources

SB 642 (Cal. Labor Code §§ 432.3; 1197.5)

2025 | Fair Pay, Legal Deadlines, Pay Transparency, Remedies Fair Pay, Salary Range

STATUS: Enacted

Strengthens the California Equal Pay Act by: clarifying what constitutes “wages;" harmonizing the statute of limitations with other wage and anti-discrimination statutes; allowing workers to recover more of their lost pay; revising outdated gender binary language; and requiring employers include “good faith” estimates of expected wage ranges in public job postings.

SB 590 (Unemployment Insurance Code §§ 3301; 3302; 3303)

2025 | Leave, Paid Family Leave

STATUS: Enacted

Expands the definition of "designated person" under Section 3302 of the Unemployment Insurance Code to include members of a worker's chosen or extended family, allowing qualifying workers to receive Paid Family Leave benefits and partial wage replacement when caring for those individuals.

CA AB 636

2023 | Domestic Violence/DV Protections, Employment Accommodations, Employment Discrimination

STATUS: Enacted

Requires employers to inform employees of their rights to protection from sexual harassment

CA AB 933

2023 | Domestic Violence/DV Protections, Retaliation

STATUS: Enacted

Protects survivors who speak up from defamation lawsuits

CA SB 975

2022 | Domestic Violence/DV Protections

Protects survivors from debt collection for debts that were taken out in their names through coercion or fraud and provides for relief from repayment of such debts.

CA SB 1017

2022 | Domestic Violence/DV Protections, Housing

STATUS: Enacted

Expands housing protections for survivors of domestic violence by prohibiting a landlord from terminating a lease based on abuse or violence against a tenant, a tenant’s immediate family member, or a household member.

CA SB 331

2021 | NDA, Workplace Harassment/Violence

STATUS: Enacted

Expands an existing prohibition on non-disclosure agreements in settlements to cover agreements involving all forms of harassment or discrimination.

CA SB 616

2023 | Leave, Paid Sick Leave

STATUS: Enacted

Requires employers to allow employees to use paid sick days without wage loss or retaliation and expands other existing sick leave protections.

CA AB 933

2023 | Retaliation, Workplace Harassment/Violence

STATUS: Enacted

Expands protections against retaliatory defamation lawsuits for survivors of sexual assault, harassment, or discrimination who speak out about their own experience.