Jan. 4, 2023
SB 1044 - Workers' rights in emergencies
The new law prohibits employers from taking or threatening adverse action against workers who refuse to show up for work or who decide to leave the worksite because they have a reasonable belief that the site is unsafe.
V. James DeSimone
V. James DeSimone Law
13160 Mindinao Way Suite 280
Marina del Rey , CA 90292
Phone: (310) 693-5561
Email: vjdesimone@gmail.com
UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA
Over the last two years, we have read countless news stories about workers refusing to report to work because they feared contracting the COVID virus. We have also read about workers who were not allowed to leave their posts despite catastrophic storms approaching a Kentucky candle factory and an Illinois Amazon warehouse. Fifteen workers ultimately lost their lives.
Perhaps in response, the California legislature enacted SB 1044. Under a...
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