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Employee Leave: Interference
State: California
Subject: Job-Protected Leave, Pregnancy Disability Leave, Family and Medical Leave
Bill: A.B. 592
Sponsor: Lara (D)
Date Introduced: 02/16/2011, carried
over to 2012 session.
Passed Assembly: 05/23/2011
Passed Senate: 09/07/2011
Enrolled and sent to Governor: 09/20/2011
Summary:
Makes it unlawful for employers to interfere with, restrain or deny leave for eligible
workers under the California Family Rights Act;
Makes
it unlawful for employers to interfere with, restrain or deny leave for eligible
workers under the state pregnancy disability leave law;
Makes it unlawful
under the state pregnancy disability leave law for employers to terminate
the health coverage of a worker who takes leave because she is disabled by
pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition.
This database provides short summaries of bills and statutes. The summaries are not intended to constitute legal advice. To find out how laws relate to your particular situation, you must contact a lawyer who specializes in employees’ rights, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division (1-866-4USWAGE), your state labor department and/or your union.
