2 new workplace laws that take effect todayGet advice on your business at this live Q&A and webinar
Happy New Year. Welcome to Monday Morning Coffee, and your first Monday of 2024! It's a rather quiet week in terms of city meetings, so we thought we'd share a webinar to get you motivated for the new year as well as some new laws that take effect today. So, grab your coffee and let's get to it.
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- The Los Angeles Small Business Development Center is hosting a free webinar at 10 a.m. on Wednesday (Jan. 3), SmallBiz Talk: Solutions for Your Small Business. Business advisor Lori
Williams will cover key business topics through instructional information, real life situations, guest speakers and interviews. At the end of the show, participants are invited to engage in a live Q&A session to ask about their own businesses. Register here.
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New workplace laws that take effect today
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- Employees in California are now guaranteed five paid sick days a year, two days more than previously. Read more about that from CalMatters.
- Under two new laws that take effect today,
employers in California can no longer ask workers about their use of cannabis outside the workplace. They also cannot use hair or urine tests. However, employees in construction are excluded, as are applicants for federal jobs with background checks. Read more about those laws from CalMatters.
- Read more about California's new laws here.
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