SB 83 - Employment Summary

• Increases paid family leave from 6 weeks to 8 weeks beginning July 1, 2020, allowing workers to care for seriously ill family members or bond with newborns and newly adopted children, with further expansion to 6 months by 2021-22 to be proposed by the Governor's office.

• Reduces the unemployment insurance disability contribution rate multiplier from 1.45 to 1.30 effective January 1, 2020, lowering worker contribution rates while maintaining the Disability Fund balance.

• Expands janitorial worker protections by clarifying employer definitions, requiring accurate record-keeping for 3 years, establishing stricter registration requirements including written sexual harassment training attestation, and creating successor employer liability for predecessor wage and penalties.

• Authorizes excluded state employees and non-civil service executive branch officers to receive Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave benefits equal to half pay for up to 6 weeks within a 12-month period when enrolled in the annual leave program.

• Appropriates $5,000,000 to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement for a three-year outreach and education program promoting labor protections and fair wages in domestic work and other low-wage industries through community-based organizations, ending June 30, 2024.