California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently completed final action on bills that were passed by the state legislature in 2021, and employers are once again faced with a raft of new compliance obligations thanks to several new laws that will soon take effect—or have already done so.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continued to have a significant impact on the legislative cycle this year, as much of the discussion continued to focus on pandemic-related policy issues. If there was any good news for employers, it was a procedural rule that limited legislators to 12 bills this year, which reduced the overall volume of measures that were acted upon in 2021.
