Bay Area Voters Impose Local Requirements for Minimum Wage, Sick Leave, and Workplace Flexibility: Part 1 of 2

As the year winds down, we thought it wise to look back at what California’s busiest locality has done in developing local employment law. The folks in the Bay Area have been so busy flexing their employment law muscles that we’ve split this summary into two easily digestible posts to provide what you’ll need to hop on the trolley to compliance city.

 

Voter-approved measures addressed higher wages, more sick leave, and increasingly flexible work schedules for employees in Oakland, San Francisco, and Berkeley. While many have left their hearts in San Francisco, these measures will have some employers wanting to have their business elsewhere. Those measures require employers to provide wages and benefits that far exceed state and federal requirements. These new laws also may indicate what’s to come for the rest of the very active Bay Area.

 

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