Introduced by Senator Rubio (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Quirk-Silva) (Coauthors: Senators Blakespear, Laird, McGuire, Skinner, Stern, and Wiener) (Coauthors: Assembly Members McKinnor, Pellerin, Luz Rivas, and Schiavo)
February 17, 2023
An act relating to employment.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 848, as introduced, Rubio.
Employment: leave for loss causing grief.
Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to grant a request by any employee to take up to 5 days of bereavement leave upon the death of a family member.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would provide employees with leave time after suffering a loss that causes grief.
Digest Key
Vote:
MAJORITY
Appropriation:
NO
Fiscal Committee:
NO
Local Program:
NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would provide employees with leave time after suffering a loss that causes grief.