California employers with as few as five employees must provide family and medical leave rights to their employees under a new law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 17, 2020. The new law significantly expands the state’s existing family and medical leave entitlements and goes into effect on January 1, 2021.
SB 1383 also expands the covered reasons for protected leave and the family members whom employees may take leave to care for under the law.
