A California law that took effect Jan. 1 expands the type of people that workers can use sick time and family leave to care for when needed. The new law adds the option to take leave to care for a “designated person.
” Under the new legislation, that person can be a blood relative or someone else the employee considers like family.California workers can take paid sick days and up to 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to care for a child or sick immediate family member with a few exceptions. The two pieces of underlying legislation are the
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